Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twirling.]

[Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)