/ twɜːl; NAmE twɜːrl/ verb , noun
■ verb
1.
twirl (sb) (around / round) to move or dance round and round; to make sb do this :
[ v ]
She twirled around in front of the mirror.
[ vn ]
He held her hand and twirled her around.
2.
[ vn ] twirl sth (around / about) to make sth turn quickly and lightly round and round
SYN spin :
He twirled his hat in his hand.
She sat twirling the stem of the glass in her fingers.
3.
[ vn ] to twist or curl sth with your fingers :
He kept twirling his moustache.
■ noun
the action of a person spinning around once :
Kate did a twirl in her new dress.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: probably an alteration (by association with whirl ) of tirl , a variant of archaic trill twiddle, spin .