whirl

Etymology 1
From, contracted from earlier , , possibly from , (attested in , ), frequentative form of , itself from , from ; or perhaps from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (older spelling ), 🇨🇬. Related to and.

Verb

 * 1)  To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
 * 2)  To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
 * 3)  To make something or someone whirl.
 * 4)  To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
 * 1)  To make something or someone whirl.
 * 2)  To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
 * 1)  To make something or someone whirl.
 * 2)  To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
 * 1)  To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
 * 1)  To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: въртя се бързо
 * Burmese:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: hvirfla
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, piroettare, roteare
 * Maori: kōumuumu, tāwhirowhiro
 * Norwegian: virvle, snurre
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:, ,  im Kreise drehen
 * Maori: kōumuumu, kōripo, tāwhiuwhiu

Etymology 2
From, , , , from , , from , from , , equivalent to ; and also , whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An act of whirling.
 * She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
 * 1) Something that whirls.
 * 2) A confused tumult.
 * 3) A rapid series of events.
 * My life is one social whirl.
 * 1) Dizziness or giddiness.
 * My mind was in a whirl.
 * 1)   A brief experiment or trial.
 * OK, let's give it a whirl.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * German: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German: ,


 * German:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German: Taumel, Gewirbel, ,


 * German: ,