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1.
If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
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2.
You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity.
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3. See in a whirl [...]
Conjugations of 'whirl'
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present simple: I whirl, you whirl [...]
past simple: I whirled, you whirled [...]
past participle: whirled
Synonyms of 'whirl'
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Idioms with 'whirl' give something a whirl
Examples of 'whirl' in a sentence
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His mind must be whirling.He doesn't need to go to university for the social whirl because he's already got
that here.It was all one big social whirl.
Translations of 'whirl'
English-French
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● noun: tourbillon [...]
● transitive verb: [person] faire tournoyer; [snow, dust] faire tourbillonner [...]
● intransitive verb: (= swirl) [snow, dust] tourbillonner; (= rotate quickly) [blades, arms] tournoyer [...]
English-Spanish
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● noun: (= spin) giro, vuelta; [of dust, water etc] remolino; [of cream] rizo [...]
● transitive verb: (= spin) hacer girar; (figurative) (= transport) llevar rápidamente [...]
● intransitive verb: [wheel, merry-go-round] girar; [leaves, dust, water] arremolinarse [...]
English-German
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● noun: (= spin) Wirbeln nt no pl; (of dust, water etc, also fig) Wirbel m; (of cream etc) Tupfer m [...]
● transitive verb: (= make turn) wirbeln; (transport) eilends wegbringen; (person) mit sich nehmen, entführen (inf) [...]
● intransitive verb: (= spin) wirbeln; (water) strudeln [...]
English-Italian
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● noun: (spin) vortice, turbinio; (of dust, water etc) turbine; (of cream) ricciolo [...]
● transitive verb: (dance partner) far roteare, far volteggiare [...]
● intransitive verb: (wheel, merry-go-round) girare; (dancers) volteggiare; (leaves, dust) sollevarsi in un vortice [...]
English-Chinese
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● transitive verb: 使旋转 [...]
● intransitive verb: (snow, leaves etc) 回旋; (dancer, object) 旋转 [...]
● noun: [sing] (of activity, pleasure) 一连串 [...]
English-Portuguese
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● noun: remoinho [...]
● transitive verb: fazer girar [...]
● intransitive verb: (dancers) rodopiar; (leaves, water etc) redemoinhar [...]
English-Hindi
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● transitive or intransitive verb: तेज़ी से घुमाना/तेज़ी से घूमना, चक्कर खिलाना/चक्कर खाना [...]
● countable noun: घबड़ाहट [...]
English-Japanese
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● transitive verb: / ぐるぐる回る, ぐるぐる回す [...]
● countable noun: ぐるぐる回ること [...]
● phrase: [informal] やってみる [...]
English-Korean
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'whirl' in other languages
● transitive verb: / 빙빙 돌다, 빙빙 돌리다 [...]
● countable noun: 회전, 선회 [...]
● phrase: [informal] 시도하다, 한 번 해 보다 [...]
If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
Thai: หมุนขวับ
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