· confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

Synonym(s): commotion

Hypernym(s): movement, motion

· the shape of something rotating rapidly

Synonym(s): swirl, vortex, convolution

Hypernym(s): round_shape

· a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

Synonym(s): crack, fling, go, pass, offer

Hypernym(s): attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

· the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

Synonym(s): spin, twirl, twist, twisting

Hypernym(s): rotation, rotary_motion

· turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

Synonym(s): twirl, swirl, twiddle

Hypernym(s): revolve, go_around, rotate

· cause to spin; "spin a coin"

Synonym(s): birl, spin, twirl

Hypernym(s): rotate, circumvolve

· flow in a circular current, of liquids

Synonym(s): eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl

Hypernym(s): run, flow, feed, course

· revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

Synonym(s): spin, spin_around, reel, gyrate

Hypernym(s): revolve, go_around, rotate

· fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

Synonym(s): tumble, whirl_around

Hypernym(s): move