whirl

Pronúncia: wɜːl; US: hwɜːrl
    noun
  1. [turn] girada, volta.
  2. [turning] girament, rotació.
  3. [of dust, water, etc.] remolí.
  4. my head is in a whirl em roda el cap, tinc rodaments de cap.
  5. a whirl of dust un remolí de pols.
  6. his brain was in a whirl figurative li sortia fum del cap.

  7. [rapid succession of activitites] sèrie vertiginosa, vertigen, batibull.
  8. a whirl of pleasures una pluja constant de plaers, una sèrie vertiginosa de plaers.
    9. transitive verb
  9. [make turn] fer girar, fer rodar, fer donar voltes a.
  10. [wave, shake] remenar, agitar.
  11. [cause to move or travel rapidly] portar a tota velocitat.
  12. he whirled his hat round his head feia rodar el barret al voltant del cap.
  13. he whirled her off to the dance la va treure a ballar com un llamp.
  14. the train whirled us up to Paris el tren ens va portar a París com un llamp.
    15. intransitive verb
  15. to whirl (round) [spin] rodar de pressa, donar voltes.
  16. [dust, water] arremolinar-se.
  17. my head whirls em roda el cap.
  18. they whirled past us in the dance ens van passar pel davant rodant al ritme del ball.