swirl
verb
[ swəːl ]
• move in a twisting or spiralling pattern.
• "the smoke was swirling around him"
Similar:
whirl,
eddy,
billow,
spiral,
wind,
churn,
swish,
agitate,
circulate,
revolve,
spin,
twist,
gyrate,
flow,
ripple,
stream,
surge,
seethe,
foam,
froth,
boil,
ferment,
swirl
noun
• a quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern.
• "swirls of dust swept across the floor"
Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.
