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Verb
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swirls, 3rd person singular present; swirling, present participle; swirled, past tense; swirled, past participle;
  1. Move in a twisting or spiraling pattern
    • - the smoke was swirling around him
    • - a flood of swirling emotions
  2. Cause to move in such a pattern
    • - swirl a little cream into the soup
Noun
  1. A quantity of something moving in such a pattern
    • - swirls of dust swept across the floor
  2. A twisting or spiraling movement or pattern
    • - she emerged with a swirl of skirts
    • - swirls of color
  1. twirl: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
  2. whirl: the shape of something rotating rapidly
  3. eddy: flow in a circular current, of liquids
  4. Swirl were a Sydney, Australia-based indie rock band, formed around 1990, who released three albums. Their debut Aurora (1992) was mostly rock with some shoegazer elements, such as extensive use of guitar fuzz and reverb on vocals. ...
  5. Swirl is an anti-racist grassroots organization, incorporated in 2000, that serves the mixed heritage community. It aims to develop a national consciousness around mixed heritage issues to empower members to organize and take action towards progressive social change. ...
  6. a whirling eddy; a twist or coil of something; To twist or whirl, as an eddy; To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl
  7. (Swirling) The act of sloshing the wineglass, with wine in it, around in small circles, the aim of which is to expose as much of the wine to air as possible without splashing it on your frock. ...
  8. (Swirling) When a student takes individual courses at multiple colleges rather than enrolling at one school with the intent to complete their degree there.
  9. (SWIRLS) Another name for Twist beads.
  10. (Swirls) Equal parts of colors twisted together to look like a candy cane. Equal parts of each color are in a swirl and are not mixed together but side by side. (Click on the Example Image for a better look.)
  11. (Swirls) Micro scratches in the paint surface caused by to abrasive a buffing pad; compound or faulty buffing technique.
  12. noun [George Olshevsky] - A double rotation in hyperspace in which the magnitudes of the two rotations are equal. In a swirl, every point on the object traces a circle around the center of the rotations. ...
  13. A curve, an eddying blast or pool, a knot in wood.
  14. A rotary or swirling motion given to the charge mixture as it enters a cylinder by offsetting the inlet tract
  15. A dynamically-changing, slightly "phasey" sound as a note or chord decays, which is common to some tube amps. Typically, "swirl" is caused by a midrange "dip" or varying duty-cycle change in a clipped square wave that changes position as the note decays, giving a sort of mild phase shifter effect.
  16. a whirling, coiling design following a spiral motion.
  17. Orderly swirling motion of the charge air inside the combustion space, to aid mixing of this air with the atomised fuel as it is injected. Thorough mixing of the air and fuel is essential to good combustion. ...
  18. The act of moving the glass in a rapid circular motion to get the wine to move in the same fashion. The idea behind this is to expose more of the wine to oxygen in order to  release more aromas and flavors during sensory analysis.