Crossword clues for twirling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twirling.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel.] To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
--Dodsley.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.
--Byron.
Wiktionary
n. The motion of something that twirls. vb. (present participle of twirl English)
Wikipedia
Twirling is now any of several art forms, hobbies, or sport and recreational activities accomplished by spinning or rotating the twirled object either for exercise, play or performance. The object twirled can be done directly by one or two hands, the fingers or by other parts of the body. It can also be done indirectly, as in the case of devil sticks, by the use of another object or objects. The origin of twirling can be found in manipulation skills developed for armed combat and in traditional dance. The various twirling skills have become increasingly popular over the last 25 years.
Usage examples of "twirling".
In Cedar Hill, on the dance floor at the country club, there were bodies moving, dancing, men turning, women twirling, a voice singing, music playing, laughter ringing, heat rising.
Keth brought his gather of molten glass out of the furnace, twirling his blowpipe as he did.
Keth said, twirling his blowpipe in one hand as he pressed a bowl mould to the molten glass to shape it.
Gently he coaxed the bubble along, reheating and twirling, enlarging it each time, growing more confident as everything went smoothly.
Then, twirling the ends of his moustache absently, he walked around the desk twice, his sharp eyes storing each detail for future reference.
His awkwardness moved her--he sat there so quietly, twirling the stem of his wineglass.
He said that it, the wind or whatever, was like a cloud or a whorl that was quite a ways above the shrubs, twirling its way to the hilltop where we were.
She would clasp her arms around the warm rubber and wait for her mother to finish, twirling around until the whole world tilted and whirled.
Carol was on her knees dipping the paddle into the crystal clear lake water, twirling the end in a maneuver she called sculling.
She threw up her arms, twirling on the sand, thrusting her hips, teasing the other one who laughed but backed away from her proffered hand.
Crystal was twirling in circles the way she often did, pretending to be the earth rotating.
Amanda rigged a special attachment to the trapeze she clenched in her teeth and hung there for a moment before she began to spin, at first slowly twirling, then faster and faster until she was like a top, a blur of red and brown whirling.
Stice breaking into a half-laugh at something, twirling his racquet and walking back to serve as Hal retrieved a ball along the north fence.
The weapon had clearly been cranked up, for the whirl-gatherers were twirling and it seemed as if at any moment the thing would wrench itself free and sail off on one of its lunatic journeys.
They were surprised to see no goblins at all aside from the one who, idiotically, was still twirling round and round the mast, yelling and cackling.