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Move in a vortical manner
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swirl
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Word definitions for swirl in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. ``The river swirled along.'' ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Swirl is an American anti-racist grassroots organization, incorporated in 2000, that serves the mixed heritage community. It aims to develop a national consciousness of mixed heritage issues to empower members to organize and take action towards progressive ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to dialectal Norwegian svirla or Dutch zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818.
Usage examples of swirl.
She wore a patchwork coat that swirled around her as if alive, shifting with the colors of the brick and misty rain.
AH she could see of that was the hilt: a swirl of basketry to protect the back of the hand.
But in the night Laura dreamed that Pa was playing the wild storm-tune on his fiddle and when she screamed to him to stop, the tune was a blinding blizzard swirling around her and it had frozen her to solid ice.
She saw not a real flesh-and-blood person but a translucent apparition surrounded by dark swirling blotches of black ichor.
The clouds of sulfur and ash were swirling around the Brane Hole, which seemed to be growing smaller.
The thoughts and emotions swirling through the gloom were darker, more dangerous, against the brassy twirling of the little dark-clothed, insectoid band.
They ran laughing, Janine clutching her wide brimmed straw hat, and Roland trying to shield her from the storm of confetti that swirled around them.
Hen Gian spit into the surf and cursed, but this time Brine did not understand the language and no blue swirls cut the air.
But then in the swirling madness he caught sight of an angular yellow-and-black figure just in front of him, clutching a short sword in one bristly claw and a spear in another.
A cloying smell of burned sugar burped out of the exhaust, swirling around the vehicle.
Baseball caps hung on the walls, along with paintings of pitchers and hitters, expressionistic swirls of colour.
A swirl of rusty aspen leaves blew down, clinging momentarily to the homespun of their breeches and the light wool of their stockings.
I, lined and wrinkled, leaning, tucked in, shaking just a bit in the limbs, aching just a bit in the joints, showing patches and patterns of incorrect color, purples on the legs, brown maculae on the arms, swirls and masses on the face beneath the surgery and appliances.
Jama Masjid, in the dervishes of litter along Chandni Chowk, in the starlings swirling above Connaught Circus.
The meniscus roiled, then broke open, causing the ghostly mist to swirl and vanish.