to turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.-to remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.-to be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.-to move hastily or swiftly.-a turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.-anything that moves with a whirling motion.-a revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.-a whorl.  see whorl.