twirl

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin: twirled a baton to lead the band.
2. v. To twist or wind around: twirl thread on a spindle.
3. v. To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly: The pinwheel twirled in the breeze.
4. v. To whirl or turn suddenly; make an about-face: twirled in the direction of the noise.
5. v. Baseball To pitch.
6. n. The act of twirling or the condition of being twirled; a quick spinning or twisting.
7. n. Something twirled; a twist: a twirl of cotton candy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To cause to revolve rapidly; spin; whirl; turn round and round, usually in an idle, purposeless way; twiddle.
2. To move round; especially, to revolve rapidly; be whirled about.
3. To twine; wind; coil; curl.
4. n. A rapid circular motion.
5. n. A twist; a convolution; a curl; a flourish.

Wiktionary

1. n. A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
2. v. To perform a twirl.
3. v. To rotate.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
2. v. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
3. n. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
4. n. A twist; a convolution.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
2. n. the act of rotating rapidly
3. v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
4. v. cause to spin