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Meanings of twirl in English

Portuguese
cacho
Catalan
gir
Spanish
giro

The act of rotating rapidly.

        cacho
        Catalan
        arremolinar-se

        Turn in a twisting or spinning motion.

              arremolinar-se
              Portuguese
              rodopiar
              Catalan
              arremolinar-se

              Cause to spin.

                    rodopiar
                    Usage of twirl in English
                    1
                    And yet, the petals continue to twirl, teasing and edging you closer.
                    Good girls don't
                    2
                    I try not to wobble too much, and I twirl a lot.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    I wanted to run and twirl and jump until I was soaked.
                    Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
                    4
                    This was small comfort to Lydia, watching the pretty groups twirl by.
                    Lydia of the Pines
                    5
                    The coachman did a little twirl in the middle of the road.
                    I shall wear midnight
                    6
                    He watched the man twirl a pencil of light over the snow.
                    Native son
                    7
                    It is so uninteresting to sit and twirl one's thumbs: Twiddle-dee Twiddle-dum.
                    Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
                    8
                    The man, without answering, began to twirl the ends of his moustache.
                    Dubliners
                    9
                    A thumb that could hitchhike, twirl spaghetti, play trumpet, write a sonnet.
                    Bare Bones
                    10
                    I didn't even know Uncle Paolo had it in him to twirl.
                    Origin
                    11
                    These specimens didn't dance, caper, tumble, twirl, jig, or play miniature accordions.
                    Seize the night
                    12
                    Smiling instead, she made a little twirl to show off her dress.
                    A Cavern of Black Ice
                    13
                    What made her spin and twirl about like this-irresponsibly ,unintentionally ,irrepressibly ,meaninglessly
                    What's Bred in the Bone
                    14
                    He did a little twirl in front of the mirror and beamed.
                    Time After Time
                    15
                    The switch and the twirl represented just so much energy and animal spirits.
                    One Basket
                    16
                    She began to twirl the prepared opium above the flame of the lamp.
                    Dope
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                    Translations for twirl
                    Spanish
                    giro
                    Twirl through the time
                    Twirl across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common