Verb
They twirled past us on the dance floor.
The cheerleaders jumped and twirled.
The kite twisted and twirled in the wind.
The chef twirled the noodles around his fork. Noun
The dancers executed perfect twirls.
the twirl of the dancer's skirt mesmerized me
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Verb
Constellation Carousel allows guests to whirl and twirl across the Milky Way.—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Or Dima Bilan, Russia’s winner in 2008, whose setup included a mini-ice rink, on which Bilan sang while an ice dancer twirled around him.—Miriam Quick, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
Grab a box of Little Leaf salad mix and dance along to one of Marshall's videos — or just have fun giving it a twirl.—Colson Thayer, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025 The perfect pasta twirl, the soft collapse of cake, the crunch when cutting into a loaf of sourdough—these are the moments when the best silverware sets really earns its place at the table.—Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for twirl
Word History
Etymology
Verb
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect tvirla to twirl; akin to Old High German dweran to stir
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