1. Turn in a twisting or spinning motion
   "The leaves twirled in the autumn wind";
   - swirl, twiddle, whirl, twizzle
    
2. Cause to spin
   "twirl a coin";
   - whirl, birl [UK], spin

1. A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
   "The dancer added a twirl to her routine";
   - kink, twist
    
2. The act of rotating rapidly
   "he gave the crank a twirl";
   - spin, twist, whirl

Derived forms: twirling, twirls, twirled

Type of: bend, circumvolve, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, go around, go round, plication, revolve, rotary motion, rotate, rotation

Encyclopedia: Twirl