TWIRL Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twirling.] Etym: [Cf. AS. þwiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, þweran, aþweran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel.]
Defn: To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. Dodsley. No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. Byron.
TWIRL
Twirl, v. i.
Defn: To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
TWIRL
Twirl, n.
1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
2. A twist; a convolution. Woodward.
TWIST
Twist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Twisting.] Etym:
[OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr.
twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. &
Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See
Twice, Two.]
1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve. Twist it into a serpentine form. Pope.
2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.