[
UK
/twˈɜːl/
]
[ US /ˈtwɝɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈtwɝɫ/ ]
NOUN
-
the act of rotating rapidly
he gave the crank a spin
it broke off after much twisting - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
VERB
-
cause to spin
spin a coin -
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
How To Use twirl In A Sentence
- But a couple of months ago, in a Times Square studio, congas were pounding out Afro-Cuban rhythms, dancers in high heels were twirling to fast-paced mambos, and just about everyone in sight was a shade of brown.
- More an Irish sprite than anything, Mairead leapt, twirled, and 'arabesqued' her way across the stage courting us through her violin. Dr. Cara Barker: The Beauty of Giving Your Whole Heart
- All he failed to do was twirl his shirt around his head. Times, Sunday Times
- Having twirled in a frock, he dons jackboots to play Adolf Hitler in Springtime for Hitler, the production's howlingly awful play-within-a-play.
- But I suppose it was too much to expect for him to have a black, twirly moustache and for her to cackle mysteriously from beneath an impenetrable black shroud.
- Then he twirled, sambaed and sashayed across the cypress-planked floor. Mogo Rules
- She twirled her baton high in the air as she led the parade.
- The scarves twirl round and round thousands of heads. Times, Sunday Times
- He absent-mindedly twirled a lock of crimson hair around his finger.
- Me and Austen sat on twirly iron chairs with red, heart-shaped, leather upholstery. WHITE LIES