SWIRL meaning: Twisting movement in circular motion

We found 31 dictionaries that define the word swirl:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

swirl: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
swirl: Merriam-Webster
swirl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
swirl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
swirl: Collins English Dictionary
swirl: Vocabulary.com
Swirl, swirl: Wordnik
swirl: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
swirl: Wiktionary
swirl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
swirl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
swirl: Infoplease Dictionary
swirl: Dictionary.com
swirl (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
swirl: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Swirl (band), Swirl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Swirl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
swirl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
swirl: Rhymezone
swirl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
swirl: FreeDictionary.org
swirl: Mnemonic Dictionary
swirl: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

Technopedia (No longer online)
swirl: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

SWIRL: Acronym Finder
swirl: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Swirl: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
▸ verb:  To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
▸ verb:  (figuratively) To circulate.
▸ verb:  (African-American Vernacular, dated) To mingle interracially.
▸ noun:  A whirling eddy.
▸ noun:  A twist or coil of something.
▸ noun:  (fishing) The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
▸ noun:  (African-American Vernacular, dated) Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).

Similar:

twirl, whirl, convolution, whirlpool, twiddle, purl, eddy, vortex, gurge, twizzle, more...

Opposite:

still, calm, quiet

Types:

clockwise, counterclockwise, anti-clockwise, whorl, helix, spiral, gyre, vortex, more...

Phrases:

swirl combustion, swirl flap, water swirl, swirl in a drain, swirl around, more...

Adjectives:

great, sudden, white, little, high, mad, dark, social, black, constant, slow

Colors:

turquoise, lavender, coral, mint, peach, more...