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# twirl

«twirl» in Mova's school dictionary: **to spin round and round quickly, or to make something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (twirl, twirls, twirled, twirling); noun (a twirl, twirls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To twirl is to spin round and round quickly, or to make something spin: she twirled in her new dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#m1)

2) To twirl something is to twist it round your finger: he twirled his hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#m2)

3) A twirl is a quick spin or turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#m3)

4) A twirl is a curly shape or mark, like a loop of icing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Dance and PE: twirling in ballet or gymnastics with ribbons. Everyday: twirling spaghetti on a fork, twirling a baton in a parade. Stories: a character who twirls a moustache is often shown as a sneaky villain. Phrase: «give us a twirl» (UK: show off your outfit by spinning).

### examples

- She twirled around in her party dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x1)
- He twirled spaghetti on his fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x2)
- The majorette twirled her baton. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x3)
- Give us a twirl so we can see your costume! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x4)
- The villain twirled his moustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x5)
- The cake had twirls of chocolate on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x6)
- The dancer did three twirls on one foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x7)
- “Noo, that ain't,” says he, and he twirled his tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: twirled, twirling. Similar: spin, whirl, swirl (swirl is usually liquid or air moving round). Do not confuse with «twirly» (informal for curly).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «twirl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twirl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.