twirl
A movement where a person spins round elegantlyA movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
» Tom twirled the basketball on his finger.
Tom ließ den Basketball auf seinem Finger drehen.
Meaning
4 sensesA movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
Pirouette, Drehschwung
враще́ниеvraščénije
Any rotating movement; a spin.
The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
the act of rotating rapidly
A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
(slang)A prison guard.
Examples
31 sentencesTom twirled the basketball on his finger.
deTom ließ den Basketball auf seinem Finger drehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom wondered how often Mary practiced baton twirling.
Do you eat spaghetti by twirling it around your fork?
ruТы ешь спагетти, наматывая их на вилку? — marafon
Tom twirled his mustache.
ruТом покрутил усы. — Wezel
deTom zwirbelte seinen Schnurrbart. — dasbeispielholz
The hipster was twirling his moustache.
Translations
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Origin
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zOf Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen), Dutch dwarrelen and Icelandic þyrill; all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”), *þweraną (“to stir”). Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.
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