Whirl

/wɜːl/

Synonyms for "whirl" (299 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Noun(12 words)

spin swirl twirl vortex birling bustle circle circulate commotion convolution crack dance

ado advance agitation airing ascend avert backback streamback upbackflow backwash backwater barrel bother botheration brouhaha budge bullet burst bust

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Verb(1 words)

birl

Strong matches (90)

deflect descend disturbance divertdizzy rounddrive ebb ebullience ebullition eddy effervescence embroilment evolute feery-fary ferment fermentationfetch aboutfidgetiness fit flap

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fleet flit flow flurry fluster flutter flutteriness fume furore fuss fussinessget overgogo aboutgo aroundgo roundgo sidewaysgulf gurge gyrate gyration gyre hassle heel helix hubbub hullabaloohurly burlyhurly-burly hurriedness hurryhurry scurryhurry-scurry intort involute joyride kink lift lurchmad roundmaelstrom meandermerry-go-roundmoil mount movemove overpell mellpell-mell perturbation

Verb(6 words)

eddied eddy eddying gyrate gyrated gyrates

Noun(14 words)

eddies eddyfast rotatingfling flurries flurrying frenzy go gyrating gyration hustlemini cycloneoffer pass

Related words (149)

pickup pirouette pivotpivot aboutplunge pop pother progress purlput aboutrat racereel refluence reflux regress regurgitation restlessness retrogress revolution ride

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ringlet rise roll rotate rotation roundround of pleasureruction ruffle run scallop scramble screw scroll serpentine sheer shift shot sink slap slink slosh snake soar spasm speed spin spiral spurt stab stagger stave stew stir storm stream subsidesunday drivesurge sweat swim swingswing roundswirl swirling swivel tendrilthe dizzy roundsthe roundsto doto-do travel trial try tumult turbulence turmoil turnturn aboutturn aroundturn roundturn tailtwine twirl twisttwist and turntwitter unquiet uproar veerveer aroundvolte-face volute volution vortex wane whack wheelwheel aboutwhip whirligig whirlpool whirlwind whish whisk whiz whorl wind worm wring yeastiness

Verb(17 words)

pinwheeled pirouetted purl reel spinspin aroundspun swirl swirled tumble twiddle twirltwirl on stagetwirledwhirl aroundwhirlpool windmilled

Noun(21 words)

pinwheeling pinwheels pirouetting revolve rotate rotationspin energy ideaspin in wordingspinning spins swirls turbines turmoil twirling twirls twist twisting vortexes vortices whirligigs

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windmills

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More general

25 entries

attempt circumvolve condition course current effortemotional stateendeavor endeavour feed flowgo aroundmotion move

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More specific

9 entries

bustle eddy frenzy orbit revolve rotate spin twirl whirlpool

Collocations

9 entries

in a whirlrapid whirlwhirl of activitywhirl of colorswhirl of leaveswhirl of waterwhirled aroundwhirling dervishwhirls around

Inflections

3 entries

whirled whirling whirls

Derivations

4 entries

whirler whirling whirlwind whirly

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Let's give it a whirl.

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I'll give it a whirl.

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Give it a whirl.

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"My head is in a whirl," I remarked; "the more one thinks of it the more mysterious it grows."

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