TWIRL

I. verb Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect tvirla to ~; akin to Old High German dweran to stir Date: 1598 intransitive verb to revolve rapidly, to pitch in a baseball game, transitive verb to cause to rotate rapidly, pitch 2a, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1598 an act of ~ing, coil , whorl , ~y adjective