1 | verb | turn in a twisting or spinning motion 2 | verb | cause to spin 3 | verb | flow in a circular current, of liquids 4 | verb | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis 5 | verb | fly around 6 | noun | confused movement 7 | noun | the shape of something rotating rapidly 8 | noun | a usually brief attempt 9 | noun | the act of rotating rapidly (9 meanings)

w'erl (IPA: wˈɝl)

whirl (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

1290 (High Middle ages) (736 years ago)

1411 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (615 years ago)

Old English | Old Norse

whirled | whirling | whirls

swirl | twiddle | twirl | birl | spin | eddy | purl | whirlpool | tumble | whirl around | commotion | convolution | vortex | crack | fling | ... (total: 19)

whirligig | birling | logrolling | pirouette

go around | revolve | rotate | circumvolve | course | feed | flow | run | move | motion | movement | round shape | attempt | effort | endeavor | ... (total: 19)

birle | burl | curl | girl | hurl | merl | merle | pearl | swirl | twirl | unfurl | whorl (total: 12) (based on typical American pronunciation)

whorl

whirs

(none among common words)

give it a whirl | whirl around

Spanish: | jarana (happiness) | deslumbramiento (happiness) | aturdimiento (happiness) | ajetreo (activity) | torbellino (activity) | giro (movement) | arremolinarse (leaves) | caer en revoloteo (snow) | hacer girar (movement) | dar vueltas a (movement) French: | ivresse (happiness) | griserie (happiness) | ruée (activity) | bousculade (activity) | tourbillon (activity) | tourbillon (movement) | tourbillonner (leaves) | tournoyer (leaves) | tourbillonner (snow) | faire tournoyer (movement) Portuguese: | embriaguez (happiness) | excitação (happiness) | exaltação (happiness) | correria (activity) | confusão (activity) | tumulto (activity) | agitação (activity) | volteio (movement) | rodopio (movement) | rodopiar (leaves) | remoinhar (leaves) | rodopiar (snow) | rodar (movement) | girar (movement) German: | Rausch (happiness) | Taumel (happiness) | Benommenheit (happiness) | Hochbetrieb (activity) | Trubel (activity) | Wirbel (movement) | wirbeln (leaves) | wirbeln (snow) | wirbeln (movement) Japanese: | 渦巻く (verb) | うず巻く (verb)

Whirl (US population: 190 people, black: 54% | white: 35%)

whirl.com | whirl.net | whirl.org | whirl.info | whirl.biz (total: 5)

Brief attempt | Dizzying itinerary (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

(???) ??9-4475