Swirl — Swirl, n. A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. The silent swirl of bats. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swirl — swirl·er; swirl·ing·ly; swirl; … English syllables
Swirl — Swirl, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swirling}.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. [root]177. See {Swarm}, n.] To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swirl — [swʉrl] vi. [ME (Scot) swyrl, prob. < Norw dial. svirla, freq. of sverra, to whirl: for IE base see SWARM1] 1. to move with a twisting, whirling motion; eddy 2. to swim, or be dizzy, as the head vt. to cause to swirl; whirl n. 1. a swirling… … English World dictionary
swirl — (n.) early 15c., whirlpool, eddy, originally Scottish, perhaps related to dialectal Norw. svirla or Du. zwirrelen to whirl. The meaning whirling movement is from 1818. The verb is attested from 1510s, with an isolated instance from 14c … Etymology dictionary
swirl — vb circle, spin, twirl, whirl, wheel, eddy, *turn, revolve, rotate, gyrate, pirouette … New Dictionary of Synonyms
swirl — [v] spin around agitate, boil, churn, coil, crimp, crisp, curl, eddy, purl, roil, roll, snake, surge, swoosh*, twirl, whirl, whirlpool, whorl, wriggle; concepts 145,738 … New thesaurus
swirl — ► VERB ▪ move in a twisting or spiralling pattern. ► NOUN ▪ a swirling movement or pattern. DERIVATIVES swirly adjective. ORIGIN perhaps Low German or Dutch … English terms dictionary
swirl|y — «SWUR lee», adjective. 1. twisted. 2. knotty; gnarled … Useful english dictionary
Swirl — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le terme Swirl peut désigner : Musique Swirl, un groupe de Rock indépendant australien. Swirl 360, une groupe de musique pop rock. Swirl People, un… … Wikipédia en Français
