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twirl
English
Etymology
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen) and Icelandic þyrill Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.; all from Proto-Germanic *þweran? (“to stir”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?tw??(?)l/
- Rhymes: -??(r)l
Noun
twirl (plural twirls)
- A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
- Any rotating movement; a spin.
- The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
- A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
- 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)
- Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.
- 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)
- (slang) A prison guard.
- Synonym: screw
- 1958, Frank Norman, Bang to rights: an account of prison life (page 67)
- Which was in the main childishness and pettiness, the reason for this was that most of the twirls and the governors had […]
Translations
Verb
twirl (third-person singular simple present twirls, present participle twirling, simple past and past participle twirled)
- (intransitive) To perform a twirl.
- (transitive) To rotate rapidly.
- 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture
- See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
- 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture
- (transitive) To twist round.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- 1949, Mark Raymond Murnane, Ground Swells: Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac (page 302)
- When the batteries were announced, however, and Herb Pennock of the Boston Red Sox, probably the best pitcher in all baseballdom, was named to twirl for the invading team, we felt we had been tricked.
- 1949, Mark Raymond Murnane, Ground Swells: Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac (page 302)
Derived terms
- twirl one's moustache
Translations
References
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noose
English
Alternative forms
- nooze (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot.
Pronunciation
- enPR: noo?s, IPA(key): /nu?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Noun
noose (plural nooses)
- An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
Derived terms
- hangman's noose
Translations
Verb
noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)
- (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.
Anagrams
- osone, soone
Middle English
Noun
noose (plural nooses)
- Alternative form of nose
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