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   swirl

   /swəːl/

   verb

   • 1. move in a twisting or spiralling pattern: "the smoke was swirling around him"
   • ▪ cause to move in a twisting or spiralling pattern: "swirl a little cream into the soup"

   noun

   • 1. a quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern: "swirls of dust swept across the floor"
   • ▪ a twisting or spiralling movement or pattern: "she emerged with a swirl of skirts"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • S

     1

   • W

     4

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • L

     1

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