TWIRL


Meaning of TWIRL in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

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

Bonnie ~ed her empty glass in her fingers...

All around me leaves ~ to the ground.

VERB: V n, V prep/adv

2.

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

Several hundred people ~ around the ballroom dance floor.

= whirl

VERB: V prep/adv

3.

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

Sarah lifted her hand and started ~ing a strand of hair.

VERB: V n

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