Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To perform a twirl. · To rotate rapidly. · To twist round. · To pitch.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. · Any rotating movement; a spin. · A little twist of some substance; a swirl. · A prison guard.
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen), Dutch dwarrelen and Icelandic þyrill; all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”), *þweraną (“to stir”). Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.
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