Twirl
Twirl (twẽrl) , transitive verb
[Compare Anglo-Saxon þwiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, þweran, āþweran, to agitate, twirl, German zwirlen, quirlen, querlen to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, Old High German dweran to twirl, stir. Compare Trowel.]
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.
Twirl , intransitive verb
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Twirl , noun
1.
The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
2.
A twist; a convolution. — Woodward