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Pronunciation : Twirl
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. AS. ?wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, ?weran, a?weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel.]
Definition : Defn: To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. Dodsley. No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. Byron.

t. [imp. & p. p. Twirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twirling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Twirl
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Twirl
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

2. A twist; a convolution. Woodward.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913