different between twirl vs querl
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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querl
English
Alternative forms
- quirl
Etymology
From a dialectal variant of twirl, possibly representing a blend of twirl +? curl. Cognate with German querlen (“to twirl”).
Verb
querl (third-person singular simple present querls, present participle querling, simple past and past participle querled)
- (transitive) To twirl; turn or wind around; coil.
- to querl a cord, thread, or rope
Noun
querl (plural querls)
- A twist; curl.
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