"quirl" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kwɝl/ [General-American], /kwɜːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: quirls [present, singular, third-person], quirling [participle, present], quirled [participle, past], quirled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: Attested since the 18th century. Considered by other dictionaries to be related to curl. Compare German Quirl, said to be related to twirl. Etymology templates: {{m|en|curl}} curl, {{cog|de|Quirl}} German Quirl, {{m|en|twirl}} twirl Head templates: {{en-verb}} quirl (third-person singular simple present quirls, present participle quirling, simple past and past participle quirled)
  1. (chiefly dialectal, Southern US, Midland US) To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up). Tags: Southern-US, dialectal
    Sense id: en-quirl-en-verb-oQYbRaMF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Midland US English, Southern US English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for quirl meaning in English (2.0kB)

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