SWIRL


Meaning of SWIRL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ swɜ:(r)l ]

( swirls, swirling, swirled)

If you swirl something liquid or flowing, or if it swirls , it moves round and round quickly.

She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass...

The black water swirled around his legs, reaching almost to his knees...

She swirled the ice-cold liquid around her mouth.

...Carmen with her swirling gypsy skirts.

VERB : V n , V prep / adv , V n prep , V-ing

Swirl is also a noun.

...small swirls of chocolate cream...

He breathes out a swirl of cigarette smoke.

N-COUNT

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