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twirls

twirls is the plural of twirl.

twirls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twirl.

Meaning of twirl

Noun

twirl (plural twirls)

  1. A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
  2. Any rotating movement; a spin.
    • The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
  3. A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
    • Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.1969, The South African Sugar Journal, volume 53, page 51
  4. (slang) A prison guard.
    • Which was in the main childishness and pettiness, the reason for this was that most of the twirls and the governors had […]1958, Frank Norman, Bang to rights: an account of prison life, page 67
    Synonyms:
    screw

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Phrases with twirls

Questions about twirls

What is twirls the plural of?
Twirls is the plural of twirl.

Words near twirls in the dictionary

  1. twirling
  2. twirling one's moustache
  3. twirling one's thumbs
  4. twirlingly
  5. twirlings
  6. twirls
  7. twirls one's moustache
  8. twirls one's thumbs
  9. twirly
  10. twirp
  11. twirps

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