slovodefinícia
whir
(encz)
whir,bzučet v: Zdeněk Brož
Whir
(gcide)
Whir \Whir\, v. t. [See Whir to whiz.]
To hurry a long with a whizzing sound. [R.]
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This world to me is like a lasting storm,
Whirring me from my friends. --Shak.
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Whir
(gcide)
Whir \Whir\, n.
A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling
motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning
wheel.
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Whir
(gcide)
Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whirred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirring.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to
whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. ???.]
To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or
more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
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The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie.
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whir
(wn)
whir
n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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whirl
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whirl
- vietor
whirlybird
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whirlybird
- helikoptéra, helikoptéra
give it a whirl
(encz)
give it a whirl,
whir
(encz)
whir,bzučet v: Zdeněk Brož
whirl
(encz)
whirl,kroužit v: PetrVwhirl,rej n: Zdeněk Brožwhirl,vír n: Zdeněk Brožwhirl,vířit v: PetrVwhirl,vítr n: [obec.] mamm
whirl around
(encz)
whirl around, v:
whirler
(encz)
whirler, n:
whirligig
(encz)
whirligig,káča n: Zdeněk Brož
whirligig beetle
(encz)
whirligig beetle, n:
whirling
(encz)
whirling,kroužení n: Zdeněk Brožwhirling,víření n: Zdeněk Brož
whirling dervish
(encz)
whirling dervish, n:
whirlpool
(encz)
whirlpool,vír n: PetrV
whirlpool bath
(encz)
whirlpool bath,vířivá lázeň n: Zdeněk Brož
whirlwind
(encz)
whirlwind,divoký adj: webwhirlwind,vír n: Pavel Machek; Giza
whirlybird
(encz)
whirlybird,vrtulník n: [slang.] PetrV
whirr
(encz)
whirr,hrčet v: Zdeněk Brožwhirr,vrčet v: Zdeněk Brož
whirring
(encz)
whirring, n:
Unwhirled
(gcide)
Unwhirled \Unwhirled\
See whirled.
Upwhirl
(gcide)
Upwhirl \Up*whirl"\, v. t. & i.
To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling
motion.
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Whirl
(gcide)
Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirling.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf.
Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G.
wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn.
[root]16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]
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1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
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He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
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2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
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See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
--Milton.
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
folly. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Whirl \Whirl\, v. i.
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1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. "The
whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue." --J. H.
Newman.
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The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden.
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2. To move hastily or swiftly.
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But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Whirl \Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel.
hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the
head, D. wervel. See Whirl, v. t.]
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1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or
circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion;
as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. "In no
breathless whirl." --J. H. Newman.
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The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt
not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble
beings above. --South.
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2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
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He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls
of March dust. --Carlyle.
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3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle
of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are
attached.
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4. (Bot. & Zool.) A whorl. See Whorl.
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Whirlabout
(gcide)
Whirlabout \Whirl"a*bout`\, n.
Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a
whirligig.
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Whirlbat
(gcide)
Whirlbat \Whirl"bat`\, n.
Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to
augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of
ancient boxers.
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The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be
Reserved for Caesar. --Dryden.
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Whirl-blast
(gcide)
Whirl-blast \Whirl"-blast`\, n.
A whirling blast or wind.
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A whirl-blast from behind the hill. --Wordsworth.
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Whirlbone
(gcide)
Whirlbone \Whirl"bone`\, n. (Anat.)
(a) The huckle bone. [Obs.]
(b) The patella, or kneepan. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
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Whirled
(gcide)
Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirling.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf.
Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G.
wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn.
[root]16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]
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1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
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He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
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2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
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See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
--Milton.
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
folly. --Tennyson.
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Whirler
(gcide)
Whirler \Whirl"er\, n.
One who, or that which, whirls.
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Whirlicote
(gcide)
Whirlicote \Whirl"i*cote\, n.
An open car or chariot. [Obs.]
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Of old time coaches were not known in this island, but
chariots, or whirlicotes. --Stow.
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Whirligig
(gcide)
Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.]
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1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
axis, or like a top. --Johnson.
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2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
horses.
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With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
about each head. --G. W. Cable.
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3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging
to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or
boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a
bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the
surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also
weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
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Whirling
(gcide)
Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirling.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf.
Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G.
wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn.
[root]16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]
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1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
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He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
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2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
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See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
--Milton.
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
folly. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Whirling \Whirl"ing\,
a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.
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Whirling table.
(a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more
revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other
attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of
centrifugal force, and the like.
(b) A potter's wheel.
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Whirling table
(gcide)
Whirling \Whirl"ing\,
a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.
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Whirling table.
(a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more
revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other
attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of
centrifugal force, and the like.
(b) A potter's wheel.
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Whirlpit
(gcide)
Whirlpit \Whirl"pit`\, n.
A whirlpool. [Obs.] "Raging whirlpits." --Sandys.
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Whirlpool
(gcide)
Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n.
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1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water
where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a
depression or cavity in the center, into which floating
objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or
less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular
channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or
the like.
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2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest
fishes that are; among which the whales and
whirlpools, called "balaenae," take up in length as
much as four . . . arpents of land. --Holland.
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whirlwig
(gcide)
Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.]
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1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
axis, or like a top. --Johnson.
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2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
horses.
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With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
about each head. --G. W. Cable.
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3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging
to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or
boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a
bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the
surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also
weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
[1913 Webster]Whirlwig \Whirl"wig`\, n. [Cf. Earwig.] (Zool.)
A whirligig.
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Whirlwig
(gcide)
Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.]
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1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
axis, or like a top. --Johnson.
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2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
horses.
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With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
about each head. --G. W. Cable.
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3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging
to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or
boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a
bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the
surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also
weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
[1913 Webster]Whirlwig \Whirl"wig`\, n. [Cf. Earwig.] (Zool.)
A whirligig.
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whirlwig beetle
(gcide)
Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.]
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1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
axis, or like a top. --Johnson.
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2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
horses.
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With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
about each head. --G. W. Cable.
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3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging
to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or
boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a
bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the
surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also
weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
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Whirlwind
(gcide)
Whirlwind \Whirl"wind`\, n. [Cf. Icel. hvirfilvindr, Sw.
hvirfvelvind, Dan. hvirvelvind, G. wirbelwind. See Whirl,
and Wind, n.]
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1. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado,
characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with
an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It
usually has a rapid progressive motion.
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The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods.
And drowns the villages. --Bryant.
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Note: Some meteorologists apply the word whirlwind to the
larger rotary storm also, such as cyclones.
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2. Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward. "The
whirlwind of hounds and hunters." --Macaulay.
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Whirred
(gcide)
Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whirred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirring.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to
whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. ???.]
To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or
more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
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The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie.
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whirret
(gcide)
Wherret \Wher"ret\, v. t. [From Whir.] [Also spelled
whirret.]
1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. [Obs.] --Bickerstaff.
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2. To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box (the ear); as,
to wherret a child. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Wherret \Wher"ret\, n.
A box on the ear. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [Also spelled
whirret.]
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Whirring
(gcide)
Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whirred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirring.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to
whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. ???.]
To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or
more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
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The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie.
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Whirry
(gcide)
Whirry \Whir"ry\, v. i.
To whir. [Obs.]
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Whirtle
(gcide)
Whirtle \Whir"tle\, n. (Mech.)
A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn
to form them.
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give it a whirl
(wn)
give it a whirl
v 1: try; "let's give it a whirl!" [syn: give it a whirl,
give it a try]
whir
(wn)
whir
n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
whirl
(wn)
whirl
n 1: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work";
"a commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: whirl,
commotion]
2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl,
swirl, vortex, convolution]
3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
offer]
4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl,
twist, twisting, whirl]
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle,
whirl]
2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin,
twirl]
3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl,
whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
5: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke
whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, tumble, whirl around]
whirl around
(wn)
whirl around
v 1: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising
smoke whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, tumble, {whirl
around}]
whirlaway
(wn)
Whirlaway
n 1: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1941
whirler
(wn)
whirler
n 1: a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and
whirling [syn: whirling dervish, whirler]
2: a revolving mechanism
whirligig
(wn)
whirligig
n 1: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on
which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and
string for his birthday" [syn: top, whirligig,
teetotum, spinning top]
2: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or
amusement [syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round,
roundabout, whirligig]
v 1: whirl or spin like a whirligig
whirligig beetle
(wn)
whirligig beetle
n 1: aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface
whirling
(wn)
whirling
n 1: the act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: gyration,
whirling]
whirling dervish
(wn)
whirling dervish
n 1: a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and
whirling [syn: whirling dervish, whirler]
whirlpool
(wn)
whirlpool
n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of
conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex,
maelstrom]
v 1: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy,
purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
whirlwind
(wn)
whirlwind
n 1: a more or less vertical column of air whirling around
itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
whirlybird
(wn)
whirlybird
n 1: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the
rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper,
whirlybird, eggbeater]
whirr
(wn)
whirr
n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
2: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr,
whirr]
whirring
(wn)
whirring
adj 1: like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings
n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
whirlwind
(foldoc)
Whirlwind

An early computer from the {MIT Research Laboratory
for Electronics}.

Whirlwind used electrostatic memory and ran {Laning and
Zierler} (1953); and ALGEBRAIC, COMPREHENSIVE and {SUMMER
SESSION} (all 1959).

[Details, reference?]

(2002-06-03)

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