Confused movement:
— He was caught up in a whirl of work.

synoniem: commotion.

Roget 825: excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness etc. adj.; turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance^†; irritability etc. (irascibility) 901; itching etc. (desire) 865; wincing; disquiet, disquietude; restlessness; fidgets, fidgetiness; agitation etc. (irregular motion) 315.    trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry; fluster, flutter; pother, stew, ferment; whirl; buck fever; hurry-skurry^†, thrill etc. (feeling) 821; state of excitement, fever of excitement; transport.    passion, excitement, flush, heat; fever, heat; fire, flame, fume, blood boiling; tumult; effervescence, ebullition; boiling over; whiff, gust, story, tempest; scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion; outbreak, outburst; agony.    violence etc. 173; fierceness etc. adj.; rage, fury, furor, furore^†, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium; phrensy^†, frenzy, hysterics; intoxication; tearing passion, raging passion; anger etc. 900.    fascination, infatuation, fanaticism; Quixotism, Quixotry; tete montee [Fr.].    ... meer laten zien

The shape of something rotating rapidly.

synoniemen: convolution, swirl, vortex.

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... meer laten zien

A usually brief attempt:
— I gave it a whirl.

synoniemen: crack, fling, go, offer, pass.

Nederlands: bod

The act of rotating rapidly.

synoniemen: spin, twirl, twist, twisting.

Nederlands: effect, schroef, spin, wervelbeweging, werveling
Pools: młyniec

Turn in a twisting or spinning motion.

synoniemen: swirl, twiddle, twirl.

Nederlands: wervelen

Cause to spin.

synoniemen: birl, spin, twirl.

Nederlands: spinnen

Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

synoniemen: eddy, purl, swirl, whirlpool.

Nederlands: kolken

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis:
— The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy.

synoniemen: gyrate, reel, spin, spin around.

Roget 312: rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve^†; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl.    roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum^†.    [of an automobile] spin out.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: spinnen

Fly around:
— Rising smoke whirled in the air.

synoniemen: tumble, whirl around.