TWIRL


Meaning of TWIRL in English

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

( twirls, twirling, twirled)

1.

If you twirl something or if it twirls , it turns around and around with a smooth, fairly fast movement.

Bonnie twirled her empty glass in her fingers...

All around me leaves twirl to the ground.

VERB : V n , V prep / adv

2.

If you twirl , you turn around and around quickly, for example when you are dancing.

Several hundred people twirl around the ballroom dance floor.

= whirl

VERB : V prep / adv

3.

If you twirl something such as your hair, you twist it around your finger.

Sarah lifted her hand and started twirling a strand of hair.

VERB : V n

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