(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ something liquid or flowing, or if it ~s, it moves round and round quickly.
She smiled, ~ing the wine in her glass...
The black water ~ed around his legs, reaching almost to his knees...
She ~ed the ice-cold liquid around her mouth.
...Carmen with her ~ing gypsy skirts.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V n prep, V-ing
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Swirl is also a noun.
...small ~s of chocolate cream...
He breathes out a ~ of cigarette smoke.
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