A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
Any rotating movement; a spin.
The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
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.
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen), Dutch dwarrelen and Icelandic þyrill; all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, wh...
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To twist round.
He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.