swirls

Noun

swirl (plural swirls)

1. A whirling eddy.
   • Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.1949 June 8, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, Part I, Chapter I
2. A twist or coil of something.
3. The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
4. (dated, African-American Vernacular) Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).
   • She told that white boy she wasn't down with the swirl and to take himself a hike.
5. Synonym of pinwheel (“food product with spiral layers”).
   • I'm baking some cheese swirls.

   Synonyms:

   pinwheel, roll, rollup

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