Meaning

1 senses

  1. To form a pattern of concentric circles.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Can you stop standing behind me and looking at my hair whorl?

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  2. An interesting fact is how only 10% of people have an anticlockwise hair whorl.

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Origin

From alteration of whirl (verb).

From alteration of whirl (verb).

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Forms

whorls, whorling, whorled, whorled
Base formwhorl · to whorl
3rd person singularwhorls
Present participlewhorling
Past simplewhorled
Past participlewhorled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhorl
he, she, itwhorls

Past simpleLesson

all personswhorled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whorled
he, she, ithas whorled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whorl

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whoppingwhoseA1whosoeverwhyA1
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