- kink, twist, twirl - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
--1 is a kind of fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
- spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
--2 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
--2 has particulars: pirouette; birling, logrollingDerived forms: verb twirl2, verb twirl1
- twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
--1 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun twirl2, noun twirler2
The wooden sticks twirl
- whirl, birl, spin, twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
--2 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun twirl2, noun twirler1
The girls twirl the wooden sticks