to whirl around
9
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /wɜrl əˈraʊnd/
:
girar
- "You're not a botanist, are you?" asked a voice, and I whirled around.
- stars whirl around
- snow whirls around
- whirling around so fast
They have this thing that whirls around with two little weights.
- They have this thing that whirls around with two little weights.
- It continues to whirl around inside of them and just turns the narcissistic person darker and more deflated.
Examples
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"You want we should miss the parade?" He whirled around to search for his shoes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Suddenly, I leaped up and whirled around, shocked to see a large creature standing behind me.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was so excited I almost whirled around to see if Scott had been looking.
Fiction book (1993) -
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly into the air.
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When she got to the front door, she whirled around and glared at us.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then he was falling, and he was suddenly aware of sparkles of light whirling around him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Diane paused for a moment, then said cheerily, "Well, I caught you!" Bob whirled around.
Fiction book (1995) -
"What are you girls doing, may I ask?" it said, and both Pnina and Miriam whirled around, terrified.
Fiction book (1993) -
The bats streamed in from the lower caves to whirl around Daine in a dance of welcome.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the music played, the dancers began to whirl around in time with the beat.
Synonyms
227
1.0
To make something turn around quickly
120
2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
78
2.0
Move in a circle around a point, like a planet around the Sun
38
2.1
To turn your body quickly in a circle many times
27
4.7
To turn around on a point to face a different way
24
4.1
To turn quickly to face a different direction
21
2.3
Move in a round path around someone or something
17
2.6
To turn quickly in a circle or twist
12
6.9
Spin around in circles or spirals
10
3.6
Move in a circle around a central object, like planets around the Sun
6
4.3
To spin quickly in circles and feel dizzy
3
4.2
To turn quickly to face a different direction
2
6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
1
9.2
To move in a circle or spiral
Move around something or someone in a circle
Antonyms
How Fast
1
3.9
- US
1
4.5
9
3.7
38
2.1
384
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'whirl' (to spin or move circularly) with 'around' (in a circular path); together they straightforwardly describe a rapid circular movement. This motion verb + particle composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.
Etymology
The verb whirl around comes from the clear image of something that whirls, or spins, and goes around, like leaves or dancers in the wind. So it means 'to move quickly in a circle' or 'to spin'.