[swəːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move in a twisting or spiralling pattern
(e.g: the smoke was swirling around him)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’

[swəːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern
(e.g: swirls of dust swept across the floor)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’