awhirl

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈwɜː(ɹ)l/
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/əˈwɜː(ɹ)l/ · /əˈʍɜː(ɹ)l/

Definition of awhirl

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Whirling.
    “My mind was awhirl with new ideas.”
    “golden leaves awhirl in the autumn breeze”
    “[…] did you think I was so fair when we played boy and girl, Where blue forget-me-nots bloomed on the brink Of our stream which the mill-wheel sent awhirl?”
    “The music rippled and ran and the dancers danced till the hall was awhirl with the rhythm of their dancing,”
    “Dorrigo’s mind was awhirl with how he would get out of Warradale without permission, where he would find a vehicle, where they might secretly meet.”

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Etymology

From a- + whirl.

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