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the laziest verb that still manages to make everything dizzy by accident.

means To spin or rotate rapidly, or to move in a quick circular motionoften dizzily so.

from From Old Norse 'hvirfla,' to turn or twirl, related to Old English 'hweorfan,' to turn. The same restless 'hw-' that whirs and whips spins on here, a Germanic family of words all rotating around the simple idea of turninga cousin, fittingly, of 'whorl,' the spiral coil it never quite escapes.

old rootsFrom Norse hvirfla, meaning to turn rapidly
dervish moveSufi whirlers spin for hours without falling
galacticThe Whirlpool Galaxy spins 23 million light-years away
phraseTo give it a whirl means try anything once
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