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twirlable

twirlable adjective: capable of being twirled.

Adjective

twirlable (comparative more twirlable, superlative most twirlable)

  1. Capable of being twirled.
    • Our policemen, of course, will be fitted out with large, twirlable moustaches and small, twirlable rolling-pins, and will be taught to turn their backs on traffic jams, but to blow whistles violently at solitary bicyclists.1945, The Motor, volume 86, page 275

Forms of twirlable

comparativemore twirlable
superlativemost twirlable

Origin of twirlable

From twirl + -able.

Questions about twirlable

What does twirlable mean?
Twirlable means capable of being twirled.
What part of speech is twirlable?
Twirlable is an adjective.

Words near twirlable in the dictionary

  1. twirks
  2. twirl
  3. twirl one's moustache
  4. twirl one's thumbs
  5. twirlability
  6. twirlable
  7. twirled
  8. twirled one's moustache
  9. twirled one's thumbs
  10. twirler
  11. twirler moth

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