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(verb) fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind |
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Synonyms: skirl, tumble, whirl around |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) cause to spin; "spin a coin" |
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Synonyms: birl, spin, twirl |
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Related Words: rotate |
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(noun) confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" |
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Synonyms: commotion |
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Related Words: motion, movement |
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(noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly |
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Synonyms: convolution, swirl, vortex |
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Related Words: round shape |
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(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
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Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin, spin around |
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Related Words: go around, revolve, rotate, whirligig |
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(verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" |
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Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, twirl |
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Related Words: go around, revolve, rotate |
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(noun) the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" |
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Synonyms: spin, twirl, twist, twisting |
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Related Words: birling, logrolling, pirouette, rotation |
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(noun) a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" |
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Synonyms: crack, fling, go, offer, pass |
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Related Words: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids |
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Synonyms: eddy, gurge, purl, swirl, whirlpool |
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Related Words: course, flow, run |
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