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twirl - What does it mean?

Definition of 'twirl'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To perform a twirl.
  • To rotate rapidly.
  • * Dodsley
  • See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
  • * Byron
  • No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

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