as in rotation
a rapid turning about on an axis or central point
the twirl of the dancer's skirt mesmerized me
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Recent Examples of twirl
Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Using the device’s hand tracking, the game lets players control the creature almost like a rhythm gymnast twirls a ribbon.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Burnes spent 2024 with the Baltimore Orioles and finished fifth in American League Cy Young Award voting after twirling a 2.92 ERA in 194 1/3 innings pitched.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Seriously, what's more Christmas than watching the iconic scene where Edward (Johnny Depp) sculpts an icy masterpiece as Winona Ryder's Kim twirls gracefully beneath the falling flakes?
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Using the device’s hand tracking, the game lets players control the creature almost like a rhythm gymnast twirls a ribbon.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Guthrie also included a video of Mila and Vale dancing and twirling around at the party, as well as solo shots of both mother-daughter duos.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Burnes spent 2024 with the Baltimore Orioles and finished fifth in American League Cy Young Award voting after twirling a 2.92 ERA in 194 1/3 innings pitched.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twirl
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Sims drew the start in Towns’ absence, but the rotation remains a concern for a team with playoff aspirations.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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But none of the Bulls stars offered enough firepower to fend off the Hawks’ second-string rotation.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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My encounters with dancing baseball players and rotating snow brooms were not grist for the mill of public discussion; this experience was unique to me.Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
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Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Narwal also announced a trio of other robovacs, including a Freo Z10 robovac with mopping pads that revolve 180 times per minute, an all-in-one Narwal S30 mopping robovac with self-cleaning features, and a more affordable Freo Pro robovac-mop hybrid.Emma Roth, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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The company relies on revolving promissory note agreements with its president and a principal stockholder for funding.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2024
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This heavy metal has a large nuclear spin that can take eight different directions.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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For even more great reads, take a spin through all 100 Notable Books of 2024.Sadie Stein, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to pandemic and production delays, however, training turned into a long, grueling process.Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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In the playoffs, though, Mahomes turned into Superman.Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Characters are built by choosing Ways, which function like skills, feats and class talents that modify dice rolls.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Other data, such as your camera roll settings or location, may be collected automatically.Kim Key, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
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James Nolan of FanSided recently predicted the Mets would swing a blockbuster trade for San Diego Padres ace Dylan Cease after whiffing on Roki Sasaki.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Bitcoin has swung wildly after robust U.S. jobs data sapped expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and sent stock markets spiraling.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The studio gave it a remarkably seamless flow between spaces as angles become curves and lines merge into arches.Noelann Bourgade, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025
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By taking a proactive approach to learning and professional development, organizations position themselves to stay ahead of the curve.Ann Blakely, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Twirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twirl. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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