Whirl — Defs

01 v. t. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

imp. & p. p. Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whirling

1.
To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
“He whirls his sword around without delay.” — Dryden.
2.
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
“See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.” — Milton.

“The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.” — Tennyson.

02 v. i. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

1.
To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
“The wooden engine flies and whirls about.” — Dryden.
2.
To move hastily or swiftly.
“But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.” — Dryden.

03 n. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; t…

1.
A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
“The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above.” — South.
2.
Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
“He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust.” — Carlyle.
3.
A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
4.
A whorl. See Whorl.(Bot. & Zool.) See: Whorl