Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Swirl

Swirl , verb, transitive and intransitive

[Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Danish svirre, German schwirren to whiz, to buzz. r177. See Swarm, n.]

To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
The river swirled along. — C. Kingsley

Swirl , noun

A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.
The silent swirl of bats. — Mrs. Browning