1. (

• whirl ,
• commotion

) confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" ;

2. (

• whirl ,
• swirl ,
• vortex ,
• convolution

) the shape of something rotating rapidly ;

3. (

• crack ,
• fling ,
• go ,
• pass ,
• whirl ,
• offer ,

) a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" ;

4. (

• spin ,
• twirl ,
• twist ,
• twisting ,
• whirl ,

) the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" ;

1. (

• twirl ,
• swirl ,
• twiddle ,
• whirl ,

) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" ;

2. (

• whirl ,
• birl ,
• spin ,
• twirl ,

) cause to spin; "spin a coin" ;

3. (

• eddy ,
• purl ,
• whirlpool ,
• swirl ,
• whirl

) flow in a circular current, of liquids ;

4. (

• spin ,
• spin_around ,
• whirl ,
• reel ,
• gyrate ,

) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" ;

5. (

• whirl ,
• tumble ,
• whirl_around

) fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" ;