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"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "einen Wirbel vollführen"
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"sense": "to perform a twirl",
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"ref": "1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture",
"text": "See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.",
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"(transitive) To rotate rapidly."
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"word": "svingiĝo"
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"word": "pirouette"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pirouette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Drehschwung"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vraščénije",
"sense": "Movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "враще́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pirueta"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "twirl"
}
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)l",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)l/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "twirl one's moustache"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "tvirla"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "dweran"
},
"expansion": "Old High German dweran",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "zwirlen"
},
"expansion": "German zwirlen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "quirlen"
},
"expansion": "quirlen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "þyrill"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic þyrill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þwirilaz",
"t": "stirring-stick, whisk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*þweraną",
"3": "",
"4": "to stir"
},
"expansion": "*þweraną (“to stir”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tirl",
"3": "",
"4": "to twist"
},
"expansion": "tirl (“to twist”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whirl"
},
"expansion": "whirl",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen) 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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twirls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "twirling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "twirled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "twirled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"args": {},
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To perform a twirl."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To perform a twirl."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture",
"text": "See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To rotate rapidly."
],
"links": [
[
"rotate",
"rotate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To rotate rapidly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To twist round."
],
"links": [
[
"twist",
"twist"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To twist round."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Baseball"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1949, Mark Raymond Murnane, Ground Swells: Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac, page 302",
"text": "When the batteries were announced, however, and Herb Pennock of the Boston Red Sox, probably the best pitcher in all baseballdom, was named to twirl for the invading team, we felt we had been tricked.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pitch."
],
"links": [
[
"baseball",
"baseball"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(baseball) To pitch."
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"baseball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtwɜːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtwɝl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-twirl.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/En-us-twirl.ogg/En-us-twirl.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/En-us-twirl.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎrtja se",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "въртя се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavǎrtam se",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "завъртам се"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "svingiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "pyörähdellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "pirouetter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "einen Wirbel vollführen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "strifogyrízo",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "στριφογυρίζω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"word": "sníomh"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kružítʹsja",
"sense": "to perform a twirl",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кружи́ться"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎrtja bǎrzo",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "въртя бързо"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "pyöriä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "faire tournoyer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "herumwirbeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "schnell herumdrehen"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "sníomh"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "uzingisa"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mušgix",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "мушгих"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vraščátʹ",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "враща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertétʹ",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "верте́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rotate rapidly",
"word": "girar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "twirl"
}
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