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- Dictionaryswirl/swəːl/
verb
- 1. move in a twisting or spiralling pattern: "the smoke was swirling around him"
noun
- 1. a quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern: "swirls of dust swept across the floor"
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SWIRL definition: 1. to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this: 2. If ideas…. Learn more.
1. a. : a whirling mass or motion : eddy. b. : whirling confusion. a swirl of events. 2. : a twisting shape, mark, or pattern.
To swirl is to turn in circles or spirals, the way a leaf caught in a whirlpool swirls, or a toy duck swirls in the bathtub as you empty the water out. Smoke might swirl up from your campfire, keeping the mosquitos that swirl through the air nearby from biting you.
1. to turn or cause to turn in a twisting spinning fashion. 2. ( intr) to be dizzy; swim: my head was swirling. n. 3. a whirling or spinning motion, esp in water. 4. a whorl; curl.
Swirl definition: to move around or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy.. See examples of SWIRL used in a sentence.
If you swirl something liquid or flowing, or if it swirls, it moves round and round quickly.
SWIRL definition: to move around and around quickly, or to make something do this: . Learn more.
