[wəːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move or cause to move rapidly round and round
(e.g: leaves whirled in eddies of wind)


Phrases:
- give something a whirl
- in a whirl

Origin:
Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’

[wəːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rapid movement round and round

- a specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape
(e.g: a hazelnut whirl)


Phrases:
- give something a whirl
- in a whirl

Origin:
Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’