Reverse Dictionary: WHIRL

ADJECTIVES
► BIRLING whirling with noise → 1865 Sc.
► GYRAL moving in a circle or spiral; whirling → 1750
► GYRATORY moving in a circle or spiral; revolving, whirling → 1815
► GYREFUL full of ‘gyres’ or turns; circling, whirling → 1566 obs.
► SWIRLY moving in whirlpools or with a circular motion or course; whirling → 1912
► TIRLIE-WHIRLIE full of twirls or whirls → 1816 Sc.
► TURBINATED whirling, gyrating, like that of a top: said of motion → 1665 obs.

NOUNS
► GYRATION motion in a circle or spiral; revolution round a fixed centre or axis; a turning round, wheeling, or whirling → 1615
► GYRE a turning round, revolution, whirl; a circular or spiral turn → 1566 poetic & literary usage
► TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TIRLIE-WHIRLIE ► TIRLY-WHIRLY a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice → a1700 Sc.
► TURBINATION a spinning or whirling round like a top → 1665 obs.

VERBS
► GYRATE to move in a circle or spiral; to revolve; to rotate, to whirl → 1830
► GYRE to turn or whirl round → c1420 poetic usage
► HURRICANO to whirl as a hurricane → 1702
► PIROOT ► PIROOT AROUND to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about → 1858 Amer. dial.
► PURL to turn or whirl round rapidly; to spin on an axis → 1857 chiefly Eng. dial.
► QUIRL to whirl → 1808 Sc.
► SWINGE to whirl round, as a wheel → 1548 obs.
► TEETOTUM to wheel or whirl about; to twist round → 1899 Eng. dial.
► TIRL to whirl, to twirl; to rotate rapidly; to twist → 1870 Sc.
► TURBINATE to whirl like a top or a whirlwind → 1797
► VEER to turn round, to revolve, to whirl about → 1598 obs.
► WHURTLE to whirl → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)