Визначення слова «whirl» мовою англійська

verb

1. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

   • The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.

2. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

   • My head is whirling after all that drink.

3. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.

   • The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.

4. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

noun

1. An act of whirling.

   • She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.

2. Something that whirls, such as a whirlwind.

3. A confused tumult.

4. A rapid series of events.

   • My life is one social whirl.

5. Dizziness or giddiness.

   • My mind was in a whirl.

6. (informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

   • OK, let's give it a whirl.