Swirl
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ÉœË(ɹ)l
Derived terms
Verb
- (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.I swirled my brush around in the paint.
- Charles KingsleyThe river swirled along.
- 2012, May 13, Alistair Magowan, Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd, The contest was a lot more even in the second half, as the wind swirled around the Stadium of Light, but it took Craig Gardner's superb block to prevent Young getting on the scoresheet.
- To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
- (figuratively) to circulate
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013)Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.