twirl

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈtwɜː(ɹ)l/

Noun

twirl (plural twirls)

1. A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
2. Any rotating movement; a spin].

   The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.

3. A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
   • 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)

     Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.

4. (slang) A prison guard.

   Synonyms: screw

   • 1958, Frank Norman, Bang to rights: an account of prison life (page 67)

     Which was in the main childishness and pettiness, the reason for this was that most of the twirls and the governors had […]

Translations

• German: Pirouette, Drehschwung
• Russian: враще́ние
• Spanish: pirueta

Verb

twirl (twirls, present participle twirling; past and past participle twirled)

1. (intransitive) To perform a twirl.
2. (transitive) To rotate rapidly.

   • See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.

   • No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

3. (transitive) To twist round.

Translations

• German: einen Wirbel vollführen
• Russian: кружи́ться

Translations

• French: tournoyer
• German: herumwirbeln, schnell herumdrehen
• Russian: враща́ть
• Spanish: girar

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