whirl
Significat (Anglès)
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- To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- To make something or someone whirl.
- To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
Sinònims
wave about
wield
whirl around
going round
revolve extremely fast
spin around
move to and fro
roll about
toss about
going round and round
be dizzy
be curled up
go round in a circle
roll into a coil
birle
wind spirally
move in a circle
spiral up
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/wɜːl/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to 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.
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