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Meanings of whirl in English

Portuguese
tentativa
Spanish
conato

A usually brief attempt.

        tentativa
        Portuguese
        giro
        Catalan
        gir
        Spanish
        giro

        The act of rotating rapidly.

              giro
              Portuguese
              turbilhão
              Catalan
              remolí

              The shape of something rotating rapidly.

                    turbilhão
                    Catalan
                    arremolinar-se

                    Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

                          arremolinar-se
                          Usage of whirl in English
                          1
                          They're unnerving even now, months later; Grand Central without its human whirl.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          She clung to this idea in the whirl of the new life.
                          A Little Journey in the World
                          3
                          The bow-string holding the stick made it whirl in the hole beneath.
                          Stories of American Life and Adventure
                          4
                          The animal disappeared, swallowed in the whirl-wind that encompassed her and it.
                          A Man Four-Square
                          5
                          The storm was coming, and it would have to whirl its course.
                          The Wolf’s Hour
                          6
                          His lips smiled; his heart was in a wild whirl of happiness.
                          Marcella
                          7
                          His mind was in an uproar with this whirl of new ideas.
                          The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
                          8
                          His mind was in a vertigo with this whirl of new ideas.
                          Tales of a Traveller
                          9
                          Their souls whirl in the reel, and bound with the bounding feet.
                          The Abominations of Modern Society
                          10
                          The fine silt was easy to whirl into the storm they'd created.
                          The Vanished
                          11
                          My head in a whirl, I sought out Sri Yukteswar in Serampore.
                          Autobiography of a Yogi
                          12
                          They must lose themselves in the dash and whirl of daring moments.
                          Phantom Wires: A Novel
                          13
                          In a whirl of indignation, Mrs. Hanway-Harley burst in upon Senator Hanway.
                          The President: A Novel
                          14
                          For somewhere in those whirl of thoughts a tiny hope had lingered.
                          Vlad. The Last Confession
                          15
                          All this was felt rather than thought in the whirl of action.
                          The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
                          16
                          She was in a whirl of excitement as she shut the door.
                          Mary Rose of Mifflin
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                          Translations for whirl
                          Whirl through the time
                          Whirl across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common