twirl
twurl
- n a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- n the act of rotating rapidly
- v turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- v cause to spin
- He always could twirl a word.
- Above all, I like the good-natured, hell-for-leather energy of the movie, the sense it imparts that no matter how much its silent-picture villains twirl their mustaches, its good .
- Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer had twirled like a weathercock in a whirlwind over the problem of jug-eared Michael Lee, controversial chief of Commerce's Far Eastern Branch.