swirl

swirl
swirlingly, adv.
/swerrl/, v.i.
1. to move around or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy.
2. to be dizzy or giddy, as the head.
v.t.
3. to cause to whirl; twist.
n.
4. a swirling movement; whirl; eddy.
5. a twist, as of hair around the head or of trimming on a hat.
6. any curving, twisting line, shape, or form.
7. confusion; disorder.
[1375-1425; late ME (north) < Scand; cf. Norw svirla; c. D zwirrelen to whirl, G (dial.) schwirrlen to totter; all < a root *swir- (whence Dan svirre to whirl, G schwirren to whir) + -l- freq. suffix]
Syn. 2. reel, spin.

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