swirl

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

swirls

V_ing/Gerund

swirling

V_ed/pp

swirled

1.
(ambitransitive)To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
I swirled my brush around in the paint.
2.
To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
3.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
4.
(dated)(African-American Vernacular, dated) To mingle interracially.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

swirls

1.
A whirling eddy.
2.
A twist or coil of something.
3.
(fishing) The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
4.
(dated)(African-American Vernacular, dated) Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).
She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.
5.
Synonym of pinwheel (“food product with spiral layers”).
I'm baking some cheese swirls.
Đồng nghĩa: pinwheel

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Đồng nghĩa

pinwheel rollrollup

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English swirlen (to eddy, swirl), probably from Old Norse *svirla (to swirl), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (to swing, twirl). Cognate with swirl, sworl (to eddy, swirl), svirla, sorla, zwirrelen. Compare also swiere, zwieren, swirren, schwirren, svirra, svirre. Related to swarm.