swirl
A whirling eddyA whirling eddy.
» Adriano felt the wind swirl around him.
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5 sensesA whirling eddy.
Wirbel
водоворо́тvodovorót
A twist or coil of something.
завито́кzavitók
The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
(dated)Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).
She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.
Synonym of pinwheel (“food product with spiral layers”).
I'm baking some cheese swirls.
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
Examples
16 sentencesAdriano felt the wind swirl around him.
The leaves swirled in the autumn breeze.
A thousand incoherent ideas swirled around my mind.
deTausend zusammenhanglose Ideen wirbelten mir durch den Kopf. — Yorwba
The wind made the sand swirl and sting.
Yanni had so many things swirling in his head.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirlFrom Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.
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