whirl

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You anticipate the first possible criticism someone might have and dispel it.\nI'll definitely give this a whirl soon, great work.

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Quick take

confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whirl gathered in one view.

noun

confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

noun

the shape of something rotating rapidly

noun

a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whirl.

noun

confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

noun

the shape of something rotating rapidly

noun

a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

noun

the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

verb

turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

verb

cause to spin; "spin a coin"

verb

flow in a circular current, of liquids

verb

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

verb

fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

Example sentences

You anticipate the first possible criticism someone might have and dispel it.\nI'll definitely give this a whirl soon, great work.

So if you're a Perl programmer, are struggling to find a job that lets you wallow in the Perl pool, and don't mind capping your earnings around £50k, give bioinformatics a whirl.

And it worked on me, like some others in this thread my maths is shaky beyond diff calculus and my eyes glaze over when I see notation - but now I'd like to give this a whirl.

More and more rapidly they retreated \n from one another; and at the same time each cloud contracted, becoming first \n a ball of down and then a spinning lens and then a featured whirl of star-\n streams.\n\n "Still the cosmos expanded, till the galaxies that were most remote from one \n another were flying apart so swiftly that the creeping light of the cosmos \n could no longer bridge the gulf between them.