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whirl
English
Etymology
From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hweorflian, frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-Germanic *hwerban? (“turn”); or perhaps from Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”). Cognate with Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), Swedish virvla (older spelling hvirfla), Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”). Related to whirr and wharve.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /w??l/ or IPA(key): /???l/ (some Welsh and English accents)
- (US) enPR: wûrl, IPA(key): /w?l/ or enPR: hwûrl, IPA(key): /??l/
- (Scotland, Ireland) IPA(key): /???(??)l/
Rhymes: -??(r)l
- Homophone: whorl
Verb
whirl (third-person singular simple present whirls, present participle whirling, simple past and past participle whirled)
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- He whirls his sword around without delay.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.
Translations
Noun
whirl (plural whirls)
- An act of whirling.
- She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
- Something that whirls.
- A confused tumult.
- A rapid series of events.
- My life is one social whirl.
- Dizziness or giddiness.
- My mind was in a whirl.
- (informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
- OK, let's give it a whirl.
Derived terms
- awhirl
- whirligig
- whirlpool
Translations
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burl
English
Alternative forms
- burr (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bouril, bourril (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), from Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)l
Noun
burl (plural burls)
- A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
- Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
- A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Translations
Verb
burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)
- To remove the knots in cloth.
Anagrams
- blur
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