Whirs vs. Whirl
Difference Between Whirs and Whirl
Whirs➦
To produce a vibrating or buzzing sound or move while making such a sound
The fan whirred in the window. A bee whirred past my ear.
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Whirl➦
move or cause to move rapidly round and round
leaves whirled in eddies of wind
I whirled her round the dance hall
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Whirs➦
To cause to make or move with such a sound
"She whirred the wheel of the sewing-machine round and round" (Virginia Woolf).
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Whirl➦
a rapid movement round and round.
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Whirs➦
A sound of buzzing or vibration
the whir of turning wheels.
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Whirl➦
a specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape
a hazelnut whirl
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Whirs➦
plural of whir
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Whirl➦
To rotate rapidly about a center or an axis; spin.
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Whirl➦
To move while rotating or turning about
The dancer whirled across the stage.
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Whirl➦
To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel
She whirled around to face him.
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Whirl➦
To have the sensation of spinning; reel
My head is whirling with data.
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Whirl➦
To cause to rotate or turn rapidly
whirl a baton.
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Whirl➦
To cause to move with a spinning motion
whirled the ball up into the air.
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Whirl➦
To drive at high speed
whirled the motorcycle around the corner.
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Whirl➦
(Obsolete) To hurl.
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Whirl➦
The act of rotating or revolving rapidly.
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Whirl➦
Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.
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Whirl➦
A state of confusion; a tumult
The press room was in a whirl.
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Whirl➦
A swift succession or round of events
the social whirl.
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Whirl➦
A state of mental confusion or giddiness; dizziness
My head is in a whirl.
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Whirl➦
(Informal) A short trip or ride.
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Whirl➦
(Informal) A brief or experimental try
Let's give the plan a whirl.
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Whirl➦
(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
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Whirl➦
(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
My head is whirling after all that drink.
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Whirl➦
(transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.
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Whirl➦
(transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
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Whirl➦
An act of whirling.
She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
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Whirl➦
Something that whirls.
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Whirl➦
A confused tumult.
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Whirl➦
A rapid series of events.
My life is one social whirl.
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Whirl➦
Dizziness or giddiness.
My mind was in a whirl.
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Whirl➦
(informal) usually following “give” A brief experiment or trial.
OK, let's give it a whirl.
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Whirl➦
To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
He whirls his sword around without delay.
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Whirl➦
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.
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Whirl➦
To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
The wooden engine flies and whirls about.
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Whirl➦
To move hastily or swiftly.
But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
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Whirl➦
A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above.
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Whirl➦
Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust.
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Whirl➦
A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
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Whirl➦
A whorl. See Whorl.
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Whirl➦
confused movement;
he was caught up in a whirl of work
a commotion of people fought for the exits
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Whirl➦
the shape of something rotating rapidly
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Whirl➦
a usually brief attempt;
he took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl
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Whirl➦
the act of rotating rapidly;
he gave the crank a spin
it broke off after much twisting
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Whirl➦
turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
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Whirl➦
cause to spin;
spin a coin
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Whirl➦
flow in a circular current, of liquids
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Whirl➦
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
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Whirl➦
fly around;
The clothes tumbled in the dryer
rising smoke whirled in the air
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