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• whirl — [hwʉrl, wʉrl] vi. [ME whirlen < ON hvirfla, akin to hverfa: see WHIR] 1. to move rapidly in a circular manner or as in an orbit; circle swiftly [couples whirling round the dance floor] 2. to rotate or spin fast; gyrate 3. to move, go, drive,… …   English World dictionary

• Whirl-blast — n. A whirling blast or wind. [1913 Webster] A whirl blast from behind the hill. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Whirl-Y-Gig — The logo of the Whirl Y Gig Whirl Y Gig is one of the longest running world dance clubs in London. It was set up by Ros Madden as an experiment of the Association of Humanistic Psychology in 1981, who passed it on to the capable hands of DJ… …   Wikipedia

• whirl — 1. verb 1) leaves whirled in the wind Syn: rotate, circle, wheel, turn, revolve, orbit, spin, twirl 2) they whirled past Syn: hurry, race, dash …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• wind — I n 1. air, breeze, zephyr, stream of air, current of air, draft; puff, breath of air, wiffet, sough; inflow, indraft, inspiration, inrush; waft, gentle wind, light air, sea breeze, Naut. cat s paw. 2. gust, blast, squall, gale, flurry, flaw,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• wind — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Vayu, Zephyr, Zephyrus, about ship, aerate, aerophone, air, air out, air condition, air cool, airify, allure, antelope, arch, arrow, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, back and fill,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• whirl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spin[ning], gyration, turn; flutter, tizzy, confusion; pirouette. v. spin, twirl, turn, rotate, revolve, gyre, gyrate; dance, pirouette. See rotation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rapid rotating motion] Syn …   English dictionary for students

• whirl — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Maelstrom, Sunday drive, ado, advance, agitation, airing, ascend, avert, back, back stream, back up, backflow, backwash, backwater, barrel, bother, botheration, brouhaha, budge, bullet, burst, bustle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Fire whirl — A fire whirl, colloquially fire devil or fire tornado, is a phenomenon in which a fire, under certain conditions (depending on air temperature and currents), acquires a vertical vorticity and forms a whirl, or a tornado like effect of a… …   Wikipedia

• whirlwind — whirl|wind [ wɜrl,wınd, hwɜrl,wınd ] noun count 1. ) a very powerful dangerous wind that spins extremely fast, carrying away anything in its path 2. ) something that happens very quickly and unexpectedly, so the people involved have little… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English