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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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whirl

/wəːl/

US pronunciation
American sound/wəːl/
whirl
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> whirl

Myanmar meaning

ပတ်ချာလှည့်သည်။ လျင်မြန်စွာ ပတ်လည်လှည့်သည်။ မော်တော်ယာဉ်ဖြင့် လျှင်မြန်စွာ သယ်ဆောင်သည် ၊ သွားသည်။ ကမ္ဘာ့ပတ်လမ်းကြောင်း ၊ မျဉ်းကွေးတွင် လျင်မြန်စွာ ပို့လွှတ်သည် ၊ သွားလာသည်။ ပတ်ခြာလည်နေပုံရသည်။ ပတ်ခြာလည် လှုပ်ရှားမှု။ ပြင်းထန်စွာ လှုပ်ရှားသည့် အခြေအနေ။

Full entry

whirl /wɜ:l/ v

၁။ ချာချာလည်သည်။ ပတ်ချာလှည့်သည်။ the whirling blades of the fan ❍ seagulls whirling over the ship ❍ The wind whirled up the fallen leaves. ❍ He whirled his partner round the dance floor.
၂။ ချာခနဲ လည်သည်၊ လှည့်သည်။ The houses whirled past us as the train gathered speed. ❍ He whirled round, startled. ❍ We were whirled away/off in a waiting taxi.
၃။ (အတွေး) ချာချာလည်သည်။ ခေါင်းနောက်သည်။ စိတ်ထွေသည်။ I couldn't sleep: my mind was still whirling from all I had seen and heard.
n [sing]
၁။ လည်ပတ်ခြင်း။ ချာချာလည်ခြင်း။ the whirl of the propeller blades ❍ (fig ) The performers danced round in a whirl of colour.
၂။ လက်မလည်အောင် အလုပ်များ ခြင်း။ ဂျင်ခြေလည်ခြင်း။ ပွဲဆက်များခြင်း။ an endless whirl of parties ❍ be thrust into the social whirl.
၃။ စိတ်ထွေခြင်း။ ခေါင်းနောက်ခြင်း။ (အတွေး) ချာချာလည်ခြင်း။ My mind is in a complete whirl.
❏ give sth a whirl [IDM ] (infml ) စမ်းလုပ်ကြည့်သည်။ The job doesn't sound very exciting but I'll give it a whirl.

More examples
  • ‘The cloud seemed to shimmer slightly, and then it coalesced into two whirling dust devils that raced away towards the enemy at phenomenal speed.’
  • ‘The first thing I noticed was the wind and cold exacerbated by the chopper's whirling blades blasting the freezing air down on us.’
  • ‘Will I soon be going to Tea Dances at the village hall, whirling Mrs Skidmore round in a slow waltz in between the cups of weak Typhoo and the Garibaldi biscuits?’
  • ‘Words peel off from the text and whirl round the reader, who can also hit the words so that they bounce back to the walls, sometimes taking up different positions from before.’
  • ‘The wind whistled through the trees, making the leaves whirl round Tanon's head.’
  • ‘Predictably, he discovered on arrival at 6.15 on Wednesday night that, while his golf clubs were whirling round the carousel, his luggage had been lost en route.’
  • ‘Every time a Philly player scores a home run, a huge illuminated ‘liberty bell’ will whirl around, flash and chime repeatedly.’
  • ‘Around her whirled a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar faces, a jumbled chorus of voices sounding in ten different languages.’
  • ‘All these details whirl round the hub of a performance by Stephens that excites decidedly mixed feelings.’
  • ‘They leave the walls and whirl round her, then fall like snow to the floor.’
  • ‘He took Becki's hands in his and they whirled round and round, until Becki felt rather dizzy.’
  • ‘This work conveys a sense of elements whirling about with the wind, much as in his In the Beginning; the artist makes good use of sgraffito to create additional designs.’
  • ‘Instead, the fire whipped and whirled around me, crawling up the walls and ceiling as it coursed through the halls.’
  • ‘The fog whirled and eddied around her as she stepped out into the cobblestone street.’
  • ‘Scarlet and rust-colored leaves whirled around his feet with the cool wind.’
  • ‘As they whirled and twirled, moving smoothly to the music, they seemed reunited.’
  • ‘But her words fell upon deaf ears, Tane was moving, spinning, whirling around with tears in his eyes.’
  • ‘She kicked off her sandals and we started dancing; me whirling her round and round while her bare feet flew frivolously over the grass.’
  • ‘The wind grew fiercer, sending leaves and twigs whirling around in the air.’
  • ‘It is also helpful to whirl the water round and then break the egg into the centre of the whirlpool.’
Synonyms
spin, twirl, reel, rotate, turn, swivel, ado, agitation, attempt, bash, bustle, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, clatter, commotion, confusion, crack, daze, dither, eddy, ferment, flick, fling, flurry, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, go, gyrate, gyration, gyre, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, hustle, merry-go-round, moil, pirouette, pivot, pop, pother, purl, revolution, revolve, roll, rotation, round, ruction, rush, series, shot, slap, spin around, stab, stir, storm, succession, surge, swirl, swoosh, tempest, try, tumult, turbulence, turn around, twist, twizzle, uproar, whack, wheel, whir, whirlpool, whirlwind
Antonyms
calm, calmness, peace, slowness, straighten
Cross references
spintwirlreelrotateturnswiveladoagitationattemptbashbustlecirclecircuitcirculationcircumvolutionclattercommotionconfusioncrackdazedithereddyfermentflickflingflurryflusterflutter
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