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   twirl

   /twəːl/

   verb

   • 1. spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly: "she twirled in delight to show off her new dress" Similar spin (round)pirouettewhirlturn (round)wheelgyratepivotswiveltwistrevolverotatebirl
   • ▪ cause to rotate: "she twirled her fork in the pasta" Similar windtwistcoilcurlwrap

   noun

   • 1. an act of spinning: "Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror"
   • ▪ a spiralling or swirling shape, especially a flourish made with a pen: "on the lid was a name written in old-fashioned twirls"

   Word Origin late 16th century: probably an alteration (by association with whirl) of tirl, a variant of archaic trill ‘twiddle, spin’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. twirler noun
   • 2. twirly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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