Twirl vs Twirly - What's the difference?

twirl | twirly |


As a noun twirl

is a movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

As a verb twirl

is to perform a twirl.

As an adjective twirly is

coiled or curly.

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twirl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perform a twirl.
  • To rotate rapidly.
  • * Dodsley
    • See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
  • * Byron
    • No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.

    References

    twirly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • coiled or curly