swirl
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /swɜːl/ 
  • (America) IPA: /swɜrl/
Verb

swirl (swirls, present participle swirling; past and past participle swirled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
    I swirled my brush around in the paint.
    • The river swirled along.
  2. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
  3. (figuratively) To circulate.
Translations Noun

swirl (plural swirls)

  1. A whirling eddy.
  2. A twist or coil of something.
  3. (fishing) The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
Translations Translations
  • Italian: riccio
  • Russian: завито́к



This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Offline English dictionary