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"2": "enm",
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},
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{
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},
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},
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"t": "change, vicissitude"
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},
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{
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"3": "*hwerbaną",
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},
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "non",
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"t": "to go round, spin"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wervelen",
"3": "",
"4": "to whirl, swirl"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wirbeln",
"3": "",
"4": "to whirl, swirl"
},
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},
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"2": "hvirvle",
"3": "",
"4": "to whirl"
},
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},
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"2": "virvla"
},
"expansion": "Swedish virvla",
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},
{
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"2": "hvirfla"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "vorbull",
"3": "",
"4": "a whirl"
},
"expansion": "Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”)",
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},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "whirr"
},
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"2": "wharve"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”); or perhaps from Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”). Cognate with Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), Swedish virvla (older spelling hvirfla), Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”). Related to whirr and wharve.",
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"form": "whirls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whirling",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whirled",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis": "3 0 3 4 13 3 39 5 3 27",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.",
"type": "example"
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],
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"To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly."
],
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"rotate",
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],
[
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],
[
"spin",
"spin"
],
[
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],
[
"rapidly",
"rapidly"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎrtja se bǎrzo",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "въртя се бързо"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "tourbillonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "wirbeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "hvirfla"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "vorticar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "turbinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "piroettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "roteare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "kōumuumu"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "tāwhirowhiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "virvle"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "snurre"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "wirować"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertetʹsja",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "вертеться"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kružítʹsja",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "кружи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "virvla"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 3 0 12",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
"word": "snurra"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "My head is whirling after all that drink.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 13",
"text": "My brained whirled as he went on, but yet there was a fearful impression that the worst was not told.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have a sensation of spinning or reeling."
],
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"sensation",
"sensation"
],
[
"spin",
"spin"
],
[
"reel",
"reel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make something or someone whirl."
],
"id": "en-whirl-en-verb-VFT8DkaE",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make something or someone whirl."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavǎrtam",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "завъртам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "wirbeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "schnell drehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "im Kreise drehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "kōumuumu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "kōripo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something whirl around",
"word": "tāwhiuwhiu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch."
],
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"(transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/wɜːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʍɜːl/",
"note": "without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic"
},
{
"ipa": "/(h)wɝl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
},
{
"homophone": "whorl"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "(h)wûrl"
}
],
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}
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "awhirl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fire whirl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "give something a whirl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "merry-go-whirl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whirl-bone"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whirligig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whirlpool"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whirly"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "whirl"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whirl",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "wherwille"
},
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},
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},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"1": "en",
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"3": "*hwirbilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*hwarbilaz",
"t": "swirl, whirl, whirlpool"
},
"expansion": "*hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wharve",
"3": "-el",
"nocat": "1"
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"expansion": "wharve + -el",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "hvirfill",
"t": "ring, circle, crown"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvirvel",
"t": "cowlick"
},
"expansion": "Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "werveling",
"t": "whirling, vortex"
},
"expansion": "Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Warvel",
"t": "whirl, whirlpool"
},
"expansion": "German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wirbel",
"t": "whirl, whirlpool"
},
"expansion": "German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whirl, wherwille, whorwhil, wervel, from Old English hwirfel, hwyrfel (“whirlpool”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, *hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”), equivalent to wharve + -el; and also Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), whence Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”), German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”), German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”).",
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"form": "whirls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An act of whirling."
],
"id": "en-whirl-en-noun-VT9-IePM",
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"whirling"
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],
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{
"_dis1": "90 4 2 2 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎrtene",
"sense": "act of whirling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "въртене"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 4 2 2 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of whirling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wirbeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 4 2 2 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of whirling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbel"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Something that whirls."
],
"id": "en-whirl-en-noun-0SwmXsYx"
},
{
"glosses": [
"A confused tumult."
],
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"links": [
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[
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"tumult"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 3 93 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "haos",
"sense": "confused tumult",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хаос"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 93 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obǎrkanost",
"sense": "confused tumult",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обърканост"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 93 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "confused tumult",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trubel"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 93 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "confused tumult",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Durcheinander"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "My life is one social whirl."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A rapid series of events."
],
"id": "en-whirl-en-noun-Nc-7strY",
"links": [
[
"rapid",
"rapid"
],
[
"series",
"series"
],
[
"event",
"event"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 94 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rapid series of events",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strudel"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "My mind was in a whirl."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Dizziness or giddiness."
],
"id": "en-whirl-en-noun-fSmyKOHw",
"links": [
[
"Dizziness",
"dizziness"
],
[
"giddiness",
"giddiness"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 3 0 0 95 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šemet",
"sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шемет"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 0 0 95 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Taumel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 0 0 95 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gewirbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 0 0 95 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwindel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 0 0 95 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Durcheinander"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "OK, let's give it a whirl."
}
],
"glosses": [
"(usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial."
],
"id": "en-whirl-en-noun-UuBkkNoG",
"links": [
[
"brief",
"brief"
],
[
"experiment",
"experiment"
],
[
"trial",
"trial"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 4 4 7 3 79",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief experiment or trial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Versuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 4 7 3 79",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief experiment or trial",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Chance"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/wɜːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Durcheinander"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief experiment or trial",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Versuch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief experiment or trial",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Chance"
}
],
"word": "whirl"
}
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