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"Spin around"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (TWIRL).
Definitions
the act of rotating rapidly
Word origin
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen), Dutch dwarrelen and Icelandic þyrill; all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”), *þweraną (“to stir”). Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.
Used in a sentence
“The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.”
“Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.”
“Which was in the main childishness and pettiness, the reason for this was that most of the twirls and the governors had […]”
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