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whirl  (whirls plural & 3rd person present) (whirling present participle) (whirled past tense & past participle )
1  verb If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly. 
Not receiving an answer, she whirled round...  V adv/prep 
He was whirling Anne around the floor...  V n adv/prep 
The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.  V, Also V n 
  Whirl is also a noun., n-count 
...the barely audible whirl of wheels.  
2  n-count You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity. 
usu sing, with supp 
In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all..., Your life is such a social whirl.  
3 If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before. 
INFORMAL 
♦ give it a whirl  phrase V inflects 
Why not give acupuncture a whirl?..., We decided to give it a whirl.