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Word: Whirl
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’
wəːl
move or cause to move rapidly round and round
Short Definition:move or cause to move rapidly round and round
Examples:- leaves whirled in eddies of wind
- I whirled her round the dance hall
Word: Whirl
Speech Type: Noun
wəːl
a rapid movement round and round.
Short Definition:rapid movement round and round
a specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape
Short Definition:specified kind of sweet or biscuit with spiral shape
Examples:- a hazelnut whirl
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