twirl
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2.7
- noun
- /twɜrl/
- She gave her dress a dramatic twirl before stepping onto the stage.
- a little twirl
- a quick twirl
- the final twirl
Examples
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Then, balancing the marble on his finger, he gave it a twirl, setting it spinning.
Fiction book (1997) -
Fanny, dressed in white, twirls in Edmund's arms.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's only taken six months to get that twirl down.
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All right, one twirl though.
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Here, uh, stand up and give me a twirl.
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Yes, keep it up, nice twirl.
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My favorite part of this swing is the twirl at the very end.
Blog text (5) -
All right, give us a little twirl for your outfit.
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Eleyna set down her hairbrush and gave her skirts a final twirl.
Fiction book (1993) -
Their leaps and twirls are juxtaposed against the persistent rhythm of the band's marches.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
466
1.0
A change of direction in a road or path
121
1.1
A quick turning movement of an object or person
69
2.4
A curved shape made by turning or winding something
58
2.8
Turning around a central point, for example the Earth spinning once
36
2.5
A change of direction in a road or path
12
2.4
Turning something around quickly so it spins
12
3.7
A fast spinning movement that turns in circles
12
3.4
A fast spinning movement in a circle
9
8.2
A quick turn on one foot as in ballet
5
7.8
A repeated movement in a circle or spiral
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Twirl is easy to remember if you think of it as a mix of twist ('to turn') and whirl ('to spin'). So a twirl is a quick, light 'turn' or 'spin'.