English-Finnish translations for whirl

Definition of whirl

• To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly
• To have a sensation of spinning or reeling
• To make something or someone whirl
• To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch
• An act of whirling
• Something that whirls
• A rapid series of events
• Dizziness or giddiness. could merge with "confused tumult" sense above?--
• A brief experiment or trial

Examples

• The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience
• My head is whirling after all that drink
• The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes
• She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
• My life is one social whirl.
• My mind was in a whirl.
• OK, lets give it a whirl.

Related words

• whirlwind
• whirlpool
• whirligig
• whirlybird
• whirling
• Tilt-A-Whirl
• whirl up
• whirl along
• whirl away