swirl

swirl
v
1. whirl, eddy, gurge; swish around, move around, stir around, churn, agitate; circulate, rotate, turn, circumrotate, revolve, circumrevolve, circle, move in a circle, gyrate, spin around.
2. twist, spin, coil, spiral, convolute, convolve, roll, curl, furl, involute; incurve, curve; reel, wind, wind around, unwind.
n
3. whirl, eddy, whirlpool, gurge, maelstrom; circulation, rotation, turn, circumrotation, revolution, circumvolution, volution, circling; moving around, gyration, gyre, spin, spinning.
4. twist, coil, turbination, spiral, helix, corkscrew, twirl, convolution, Zool. volute, whorl, curl, curlicue.
5. curve, incurvation, incurvature, excurvature, ex-curvation; sinuosity, winding, sinuation, sinus; bend, flexure, turn, crook, tortuosity, flexuosity, anfractu-osity.
6. confusion, disorder, disarray, confusedness, jumble, mess; stir, commotion, fuss, fuss and feathers, Inf. to-do, bustle, flurry, excitement, agitation, unrest; disturbance, trouble, upheaval, turmoil, tumult, turbulence, storm, tempest.

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