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Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
| whirl | | A | noun | | 1 | spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
| | | | the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" | | | Category Tree: | | 2 | crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
| | | | a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" | | | Category Tree: | | 3 | whirl, commotion
| | | | confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" | | | Category Tree: | | 4 | whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution
| | | | the shape of something rotating rapidly | | | Category Tree: | | B | verb | | 1 | spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
| | | | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" | | | Category Tree: | | 2 | eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
| | | | flow in a circular current, of liquids | | | Category Tree: | | 3 | whirl, tumble, whirl around
| | | | fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" | | | Category Tree: | | 4 | whirl, birl, spin, twirl
| | | | cause to spin; "spin a coin" | | | Category Tree: | | 5 | twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl
| | | | turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" | | | Category Tree: |
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