🌀 Spinning fast 🎠 A spinning toy 🚁 A helicopter 😵 Dizzy or confused

whirly

2 7.1

Moving quickly in circles like a spinning top

adjective
/ˈwɜrli/

Informal

: giratorio

During the fair, we rode the whirly coaster, which made us feel like we were flying in circles.

Examples

The colorful kite danced in the sky, making whirly patterns as the wind picked up.
The children laughed as they spun around in their whirly chairs, feeling dizzy from the fun.
OK, Now the idea is to wrap the curly whirly around the cable.
These streets are like these narrows, like whirly curly streets, like bumps and stuff.
Oh, my God, I'm going to go back with this blending brush and just kind of swirly, whirly, messily get everything together.

Synonyms

twirly

vswhirly

2 4.9

Having curls or a shape that turns when moved

means active rapid circular movement rather than just appearance or tendency

spinny

vswhirly

Informal

2 6.7

Turning round quickly so you feel dizzy

is neutral rapid circular motion without playful or dizzy connotation

aswirl

vswhirly

1 7.8

Full of spinning movement or lively activity

focuses on actual rapid circular movement rather than figurative excitement

awhirl

vswhirly

Literature

1 8.8

Spinning or moving quickly in a circle

can also mean making something else spin rapidly rather than just moving

Antonyms

still

593 1.0

Not moving or making a sound

stationary

47 2.9

Not moving and staying in one place

How Fast

whirly

Informal

2 7.1

rotation

58 2.8

turning

36 2.5

Surface Forms

whirly positive

Morphology

whirly = whirl (transparent) = whirl + y

Clearly built from 'whirl' + '-y' to mean 'causing or performing a whirl/rotation'.

Etymology

Whirly comes from the word whirl, which means 'to spin' and appears in words like whirlwind and whirligig. That's why whirly describes something that spins or moves quickly in circles.