twirl
verb
[ twəːl ]
• spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly.
• "she twirled in delight to show off her new dress"
Similar:
spin (round),
pirouette,
whirl,
turn (round),
wheel,
gyrate,
pivot,
swivel,
twist,
revolve,
rotate,
birl,
twirl
noun
• an act of spinning.
• "Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror"
Origin:
late 16th century: probably an alteration (by association with whirl) of tirl, a variant of archaic trill ‘twiddle, spin’.
