Definizione monolingua

whirl

whirl (third-person singular simple present whirls, present participle whirling, simple past and past participle whirled)

1. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

   The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.

2. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

   My head is whirling after all that drink.

3. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.

   The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.

whirl (plural whirls)

1. An act of whirling.

   She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.

2. Something that whirls.
3. A confused tumult.
4. A rapid series of events

   My life is one social whirl.

5. Dizziness or giddiness.
6. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

   OK, lets give it a whirl.

Definizione dizionario whirl

accendere

agitare

brandire

girare

mulinare

mulinello

rimescolare

rinviare

rotazione rapida

roteare

turbinare

turbine

volteggiare

vortice

Altri significati:

An act of whirling.

A rapid series of events

A confused tumult.

Something that whirls.

To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly

(transitive) To make something or someone whirl.

(usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

curl (smoke)

(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

Dizziness or giddiness.

rushing a person off his feet

(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.