Twirl

Quick meaning: Twirl is a noun meaning A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

Meaning

A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

More Meanings

1. Any rotating movement; a spin.
2. A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
3. (intransitive) To perform a twirl.
4. (transitive) To rotate rapidly.
5. (transitive) To twist round.
6. (baseball) To pitch.
7. (slang) A prison guard.

Example Sentences

The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.

See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.

No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.

Word Forms

• twirls
• twirling
• twirled

Synonyms for twirl

Depending on context, synonyms include screw, twizzle, twist, whirl, twiddle, spin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twist, birl, whirl, kink, swirl, twiddle.

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