twirl

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  1. transitive verb To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin: twirled a baton to lead the band.
  2. transitive verb To twist or wind around: twirl thread on a spindle.
  3. intransitive verb To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly: The pinwheel twirled in the breeze.
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  • He gave his quizzing glass one more twirl, then neatly pocketed it. —  Karen Harbaugh - [Cupid -1] - Cupid's Mistake
  • For as long as mankind has had any level of self-awareness, we've all enjoyed watching one-legged middle aged women flip, twirl, and rhythmically pounce all about. —  Hecklerspray
  • First up to give us a nice twirl is the King of Branding and Business Opportunities, Jay-Z, who showed off his newly revamped —  Advertising Age - Homepage
  • Anyone interested in the iPhone 3G's interface will be disappointed to find that the G1 doesn't offer 'pinch to zoom,' two finger twirl, and other multitouch direct manipulations because Android is aiming to target the cheaper non-multitouch touch screen market. —  AppleInsider
  • And then the President of the United States does the Sasha Fierce hand-twirl move from the —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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unclasped ·  uncoiled ·  unclosed ·  unroll ·  clench

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twirl:   twirled ·  twirling ·  twirls
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Early modern English twyrle; from Middle English *twirlen (?); cf. Dutch dwarlen = German dial. (Swiss) zwirlen, twirl; prob. connected with Anglo-Saxon thwiril, a chum-staff, stirrer, = Old High German dwiril, Middle High German twirel, twirl, German quirl, querl, a twirling-stick, Bavarian zwirel, a stirrer. Cf. Icelandic thvara, a stick with a scraper at the end for stirring, Greek τορύνη, a stirrer, Latin trua, a stirrer (see trowel); from the verb represented by twire: see twire, and cf. twirk. Cf. also tirl.
  2. from twirl, v.
 

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