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as in to stir
to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly kept swirling her lemonade until the ice had melted and it was completely watered down

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as in to turn
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis swirled her skirts as she danced the tango

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noun

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Recent Examples of swirl
Verb
That mission will target the Reiner Gamma region, to study the mysterious natural feature there that's known as a lunar swirl. Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Add oil to pan and swirl to coat. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
For a while there, rumors swirled that her new husband would purchase Vogue for her, though that always seemed more speculation than reality. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2025 Add a few drops of water and swirl it around to create a paste. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swirl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
Verb
  • Let apples stand at room temperature fat least 1 hour or up to 24 hours to macerate and release their juices, stirring occasionally.
    Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Add bell peppers, poblano peppers, onion, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt to skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and starting to char, 10 to 12 minutes.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • Today, school districts can purchase attack drones, white boards that turn into bunkers, and bullet-proof glass film, among a coterie of other high-tech products.
    Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • At the other extreme, Zankov turned argyle into a mix of color and geometry that reads maximalism at its best.
    Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That started to lower the eye-rolls.
    Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Let the rolls rise in the pan at room temperature for about two hours.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wole didn’t understand, still smiling, and Jean rotated in her seat, toward Sylvester.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Coco Bred and Pop’s Patties are new additions at the Barclays’ Brooklyn Market, a food hall with a rotating selection of local and minority-owned vendors.
    Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Though the White House technically lost a lawsuit brought by the Associated Press this spring, the president was still able to spin it as a win for his base by amending the way that all wire publications were included in the routine press pool rotations.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Guests can spruce up a classic latte, americano or drip coffee with the housemade syrups — vanilla, caramel, mocha, honey lavender or a rotation of seasonal flavors.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like Pulido, crowds of attendees lined the streets to see musicians performing banda and mariachi music, followed by groups in traditional charro attire riding their horses and ballet folklórico dancers spinning in their long, colorful skirts.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This ride spins you and shakes you around while blasting electronic music and a dazzling display of flashing lights.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With its welcoming yet offbeat eddies of piano, acoustic guitar, woodwinds, and horns, Heavy Metal was a far cry from Geese’s livewire rock.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, in two of the four cases with moderate bubble size and density, the turbulence in the flow closely followed Kolmogorov’s predictions at small scales for eddies smaller than the size of the bubbles.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That includes Anya Singh as Aasmaan’s manager Sanya, Raghav Juyal as bestie Parvaiz, Manish Chaudhari as mustache-twirling studio executive Freddie Sodawallah, Manoj Pahwa as Aasmaan’s uncle Avtar, and Mona Singh and Vijayakant Kohli as his parents.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Chicago Cubs rookie Cade Horton twirled another gem on Tuesday night – this time, at the expense of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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