1. to revolve rapidly about a center or an axis. see synonyms at turn.
2. to rotate or spin rapidly: the dancer whirled across the stage.
3. to turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel: she whirled around to face him.
4. to have the sensation of spinning; reel: my head is whirling with data.
5. to move circularly and rapidly in varied, random directions: the wind whirled across the steppes.
6. to cause to rotate or turn rapidly: whirl a baton.
7. to move or drive in a circular or curving course.
8. to drive at high speed: whirled the motorcycle around the corner.
9. obsolete to hurl.
10. the act of rotating or revolving rapidly.
11. something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.
12. A state of confusion; tumult.
13. A swift succession or round of events: the social whirl.
14. A state of mental confusion or giddiness; dizziness: my head is in a whirl.
15. informal A short trip or ride.
16. informal A brief or experimental try: let's give the plan a whirl.

1. to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
2. to have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
3. to make something or someone whirl.
4. an act of whirling.
5. something that whirls.
6. A confused tumult.
7. A rapid series of events
8. dizziness or giddiness.
9. A brief experiment or trial.

1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion.
2. anything that moves with a whirling motion.
3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
4. A whorl. see whorl.
5. to be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
6. to move hastily or swiftly.
7. to turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
8. to remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.

1. to swing or turn rapidly round; rotate, or cause to revolve rapidly.
2. to cast with a twirling or twisting motion; throw with a rapid whirl.
3. to carry swiftly away with or as if with a revolving or wheeling motion.
4.
5. to turn rapidly; move round with velocity; revolve or rotate swiftly.
6. to pass or move with a rapid whirling motion, or as if on wheels.
7. in angling, a spoon-bait.
8. the whorl of a spindle.
9. A reel or hook used in rope-making for twisting strands of hemp or gut.
10. A rope-winch.
11. in botany and conchology see whorl.
12. A rapid circling motion or movement, as that of a revolving body; rapid rotation, gyration, or circumvolution: literally and figuratively: as, the whirl of a top or of a wheel; the whirls of fancy.
13. something that whirls, or moves with a rapid circling motion; the circling eddy of a whirlpool, a whirlwind, or the like.

1. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
2. the act of rotating rapidly
3. fly around
4. flow in a circular current, of liquids
5. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
6. a usually brief attempt
7. confused movement
8. the shape of something rotating rapidly
9. cause to spin