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- [twurl]
- /twɜrl/
- /twɜːl/
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- [twurl]
- /twɜrl/
Definitions of twirl word
- verb with object twirl to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl. 1
- verb with object twirl to twiddle: to twirl my thumbs. 1
- verb with object twirl to wind idly, as about something. 1
- verb without object twirl to rotate rapidly; whirl. 1
- verb without object twirl to turn quickly so as to face or point in another direction. 1
- noun twirl an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl. 1
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Origin of twirl
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; tw(ist) + (wh)irl
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Parts of speech for Twirl
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
twirl popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
twirl usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for twirl
verb twirl
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
noun twirl
- bung — A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- bunged — a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- caster — a person or thing that casts
- chunked — a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- chunking — the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
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