Twirl

  • 11twirl — ► VERB ▪ spin quickly and lightly round. ► NOUN 1) an act of twirling. 2) a spiralling or swirling shape, especially a flourish made with a pen. DERIVATIVES twirler noun twirly adjective. ORIGIN probab …

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  • 12TWIRL — In cryptography and number theory, TWIRL (The Weizmann Institute Relation Locator) is a hypothetical hardware device designed to speed up the sieving step of the general number field sieve integer factorization algorithm. During the sieving step …

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  • 13twirl — I UK [twɜː(r)l] / US [twɜrl] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms twirl : present tense I/you/we/they twirl he/she/it twirls present participle twirling past tense twirled past participle twirled to move in circles, or to make something move …

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  • 14twirl — twirl1 [ twɜrl ] verb intransitive or transitive to move in circles, or make something move in circles: twirl a baton The dancers twirled around to the music. twirl twirl 2 [ twɜrl ] noun count a quick turning movement: do a twirl: She did a neat …

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  • 15twirl — [[t]twɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] twirls, twirling, twirled 1) V ERG If you twirl something or if it twirls, it turns around and around with a smooth, fairly fast movement. [V n] Bonnie twirled her empty glass in her fingers... [V prep/adv] All around me leaves …

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  • 16twirl — I. verb Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect tvirla to twirl; akin to Old High German dweran to stir Date: 1598 intransitive verb 1. to revolve rapidly 2. to pitch in a baseball game transitive verb 1. to cause to… …

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  • 17twirl — /twerrl/, v.t. 1. to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl. 2. to twiddle: to twirl my thumbs. 3. to wind idly, as about something. v.i. 4. to rotate rapidly; whirl. 5. to turn quickly so as to face or point in another direction. n. 6. an …

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  • 18twirl — 1. noun /ˈtwɜː(ɹ)l/ A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 2. verb /ˈtwɜː(ɹ)l/ a) To perform a twirl. b) To rotate …

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  • 19twirl — verb Twirl is used with these nouns as the object: ↑baton, ↑moustache, ↑pen, ↑pencil, ↑strand …

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  • 20twirl — n British a prison officer. An item of prisoners jargon recorded in the 1990s. Twirl in the sense of a (skeleton) key is an archaic piece of underworld argot dat ing back to the 19th century …

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