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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 motion — often 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 turning — a cousin, fittingly, of 'whorl,' the spiral coil it never quite escapes.
- old roots
- From Norse hvirfla, meaning to turn rapidly
- dervish move
- Sufi whirlers spin for hours without falling
- galactic
- The Whirlpool Galaxy spins 23 million light-years away
- phrase
- To give it a whirl means try anything once
derecho — atmospheric phenomenon that created a whirling vortex across the midwest on august 10, 2020, with winds over 100 mph
maelstrom — famous whirling tidal vortex between moskenesøya and værøy islands in norway's lofoten islands
pentecost island land diving — annual ritual in vanuatu where men jump from 100-foot towers with vine whirls around their legs