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[ verb ] turn in a twisting or spinning motion
Examples "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Carroll diagnosed Mrs._Hull by taking a drop of blood from her ear and putting it on his `` radionic '' machine and twirling some knobs ( fee $ 50 ) . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)She had picked_up the quirt and was twirling it around her wrist and smiling at him . |
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[ verb ] cause to spin
Examples "spin a coin" Used in print (Selma Jeanne Cohen, "Avant-Garde Choreography"...)At one side of the stage a dancer jumps excitedly ; nearby , another sits motionless , while still another is twirling an umbrella . |
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