twirling [twurl]
Main Entry:
twirl [twurl]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn around circularly
Synonyms: gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl, whirligig, wind
Antonyms: straight, untwirl, untwist
Main Entry: flourish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wave about
Synonyms: brandish, display, flaunt, flutter, shake, sweep, swing, swish, twirl, vaunt, wag, wield
Main Entry: gyrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: revolve
Synonyms: circle, circulate, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, whirligig
Main Entry: pivot
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: revolve around center point
Synonyms: be contingent, depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl
Main Entry: reel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wobble; spin around
Synonyms: bob, careen, falter, feel giddy, go around, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, titubate, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl
Main Entry: roll
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: revolve, turn; proceed smoothly
Synonyms: alternate, be in sequence, bowl, circle, circumduct, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, flow, fold, follow, furl, go around, go past, gyrate, gyre, impel, pass, pirouette, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swing around, swirl, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap
Main Entry: rotate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around in circle
Synonyms: circle, circumduct, circumvolve, gyrate, gyre, move, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, spin, swivel, troll, trundle, turn, twirl, twist, waltz, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirr
Notes: revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis
Main Entry: spin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, make go around
Synonyms: gyrate, gyre, oscillate, pendulate, pirouette, purl, reel, revolve, rotate, spiral, swim, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl
Antonyms: stand, steady
Main Entry: swing
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move back and forth; be suspended
Synonyms: avert, away, be pendent, curve, dangle, deflect, divert, flap, fluctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, sheer, shunt, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, turn about, turn on an axis, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, volte-face, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble
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