n.
Function: verb
Etymology: perhaps imitative
Date: 1724
transitive verb
1 : SPIN
2 : to cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading
intransitive verb : to progress by whirling
– birl · er \ ' b ə r-l ə r, ' bir- \ noun
n.
Function: verb
Etymology: perhaps imitative
Date: 1724
transitive verb
1 : SPIN
2 : to cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading
intransitive verb : to progress by whirling
– birl · er \ ' b ə r-l ə r, ' bir- \ noun
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012