Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whirling.]

[OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf. Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G. wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn. [root]16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]

[1913 Webster]

1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. [1913 Webster]

He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Whirling \Whirl"ing\, a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.

13 Webster]

Whirling table.
   (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of centrifugal force, and the like.
   (b) A potter's wheel. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "whirling": angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, axial motion, bowling, centrifugation, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotation, full circle, gyrating, gyration, pivoting, reeling, revolution, revolving, roll, rolling, rotating, rotation, rotational motion, spin, spinning, swinging, swirling, swiveling, trolling, trundling, turbination, turning, twirling, volutation, volution, wheeling, whir

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

whirling adj
1: moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents" [syn: swirling]
2: rotating rapidly about an axis; "a spinning top"; "the whirling dance of the Dervish" [syn: spinning]

noun

the act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: gyration]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whirling.]

[OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf. Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G. wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn. [root]16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]

1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.

2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.

See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton.

The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly. --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Whirling \Whirl"ing\, a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.

Whirling table.
   (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of centrifugal force, and the like.
   (b) A potter's wheel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)