Whirl

What do we mean by whirl?

To rotate rapidly about a center or an axis; spin. intransitive verb

To move while rotating or turning about: synonym: turn. intransitive verb

To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel. intransitive verb

To have the sensation of spinning; reel. intransitive verb

To cause to rotate or turn rapidly. intransitive verb

To cause to move with a spinning motion. intransitive verb

To drive at high speed. intransitive verb

To hurl. intransitive verb

The act of rotating or revolving rapidly. noun

Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled. noun

A state of confusion; a tumult. noun

A swift succession or round of events. noun

A state of mental confusion or giddiness; dizziness. noun

A short trip or ride. noun

A brief or experimental try. noun

The whorl of a spindle. noun

A reel or hook used in rope-making for twisting strands of hemp or gut. noun

A rope-winch. noun

In botany and conchology See whorl. noun

A rapid circling motion or movement, as that of a revolving body; rapid rotation, gyration, or circumvolution: literally and figuratively: as, the whirl of a top or of a wheel; the whirls of fancy. noun

An act of whirling.

Something that whirls.

A confused tumult.

A rapid series of events.

Dizziness or giddiness.

(usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

Words that are spelled similarly to whirl:
whirl, whorl, whir, thirl, whirr, shirl, wharl, awhirl, wirl, hirl, whil, chirl, whirs.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word whirl:
whirling, odor, carousel, ferris, coaster, somali, tornado, spinning, amusement, roller, devils, velocity, wheel, rides, spin, ride, bearing, silent, broadway, triple, frequency, winds, disney, wind, fire, pittsburgh, speed, winter, wild, animal, journal, magazine.

Words that rhyme with whirl:
girl, pearl, swirl, curl, hurl, earl, twirl, whorl, burl, merle, perl, unfurl, cowgirl, wurl, erl, perle, merl, berle, herl, earle, showgirl, chorus girl, shirl, nerl, flower girl, kerl, birle, sperl, searle, cover girl, call girl, little girl, searl, street girl, pin curl, party girl, young girl, working girl, bunny girl, au pair girl, farm girl, seed pearl, gibson girl, bachelor girl, bar girl, campfire girl, sweater girl, spit curl, geisha girl, sausage curl, elevator girl, servant girl, college girl, serving girl, kiss curl, pearle, werle, career girl, leg curl, shop girl, check girl, earll, hearl, sperle.

Adjectives that are often used to describe whirl:
social, mad, such, giddy, wild, tilt, dizzy, constant, rapid, sudden, perfect, perpetual, gay, busy, dizzying, ceaseless, endless, continual, circumpolar, incessant, magnetic, synchronous, swift, quick, kaleidoscopic, merry, chaotic, cyclonic, cosmic, continuous, electric, idle, exciting, strange, eternal, violent, brief, bewildering, delirious, mere, slow, mighty, confusing, hectic, blinding, steady, frantic, tumultuous, frenzied, maddening, speed, usual, spiral, terrible, intricate, daily, circular, noisy, furious, vast, mazy, mundane, feverish, unceasing, dust, lively, backward, vertiginous, excited, brilliant, crazy, happy, blind, vague.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective whirl:
wind, pool, blast, winds, pools, gate, lee, pak, dance, gig, pits, ride, frequency, chamber, brain, bone, ring, storm, gates, rings, hole, flow, swirl, gust.

Consonant match to whirl:
well, will, wheel, wall, while, whale, wool, wail, wile, wale, whorl, wurl, weil, wal, wil, wyle, weill, wahl, waal, wohl, woll, weyl, wille, whall, wholl, welle, wolle, walle, werle, wahle, woehl.

Words that sound like whirl:
whirl, worl, whorl, wirl, wurl, werle, werl, wool, hurl, hirl, herl, hrl, world, well, will, while, wall, worry, were, wheel, twirl, swirl, whirled, wel, wil, wile, wal, wer, weel, weal, whorled, whirls, walle, whirly, woll, weil, worlde, whorls, worley, wir, wall-e, wille, whal, waal, wurly, wahle, awhirl, welle, wahl, wull, worx, weill, wyle, wur, waul, quirl, wolle, whirler, wirr, warl, werley, wiel, whall, querl, wle, wurley, wawl, wersh, wele, orl, pearl, perl, purl, merle, arl, churl, merl, shirl, pearle, searle, perle, searl, nrl, turl, murl, nerl, knurl, cirl, tirl, pirl, mirl, trl, virl, nurl, terl, verl, rrl, arll, lirl, yrl.