| VERB | motion | twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl | turn in a twisting or spinning motion |
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| motion | twirl, whirl, birl, spin | cause to spin | |
| NOUN | shape | twirl, kink, twist | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| act | twirl, spin, twist, twisting, whirl | the act of rotating rapidly |
| Sounds | twer'l | |
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| Rhymes | birle ... whorl: 16 rhymes with erl... | |
| Meaning | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. | |
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| Synonyms | kink, twist | |
| Broader | fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | An angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| Spanish | enroscadura | |
| Meaning | The act of rotating rapidly. | |
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| Synonyms | spin, twist, twisting, whirl | |
| Narrower | birling, logrolling | rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) |
| pirouette | (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) | |
| Broader | rotation, rotary motion | The act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Spanish | giro | |
| Catalan | gir | |
| Verbs | twirl | turn in a twisting or spinning motion |
| twirl | cause to spin | |
| Meaning | Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The wooden sticks twirl | |
| Synonyms | swirl, twiddle, whirl | |
| Broader | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Spanish | arremolinarse, arremolinar, girar, remolinear | |
| Catalan | arremolinar-se, arremolinar, arrombollar-se, arrombollar, fer girar, girar | |
| Nouns | twirl | the act of rotating rapidly |
| twirler | (baseball) the person who does the pitching | |
| Meaning | Cause to spin. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The girls twirl the wooden sticks | |
| Synonyms | whirl, birl, spin | |
| Broader | rotate, circumvolve | Cause to turn on an axis or center |
| Spanish | girar, hacer girar, rotar | |
| Catalan | arremolinar-se, arremolinar, fer girar, girar, rotar | |
| Nouns | twirl | the act of rotating rapidly |
| twirler | someone who twirls a baton | |
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