whirl

whirl
whirl [{{t}}wɜ:l]
1 intransitive verb
(a) (person, skater) tourner, tournoyer;
she whirled round the ice rink elle a fait le tour de la piste en tourbillonnant
(b) (leaves, smoke) tourbillonner, tournoyer; (dust, water) tourbillonner; (spindle, top) tournoyer; (propeller) tourner;
snowflakes whirled past the window des flocons de neige passaient devant la fenêtre en tourbillonnant;
the water whirled away down the sink l'eau s'est écoulée en tourbillonnant dans l'évier
(c) (head, ideas) tourner;
my head is whirling (j'ai) la tête (qui) me tourne;
the news made her mind whirl les nouvelles lui ont fait tourner la tête
(d) (move quickly) aller à toute vitesse;
the houses whirled past us les chevaux sont passés devant nous à toute allure
2 transitive verb
(a) (dancer, skater) faire tourner;
he whirled his partner around the floor il faisait tournoyer sa partenaire autour de la piste
(b) (leaves, smoke) faire tourbillonner ou tournoyer; (dust, sand) faire tourbillonner;
the wind whirled the leaves about le vent faisait tourbillonner les feuilles
(c) (take rapidly)
she whirled us off on a trip round Europe elle nous a embarqués pour un tour d'Europe
3 noun
(a) (of dancers, leaves, events) tourbillon m;
{{}}figurative{{}} my head's in a whirl la tête me tourne;
her thoughts were in a whirl tout tourbillonnait dans sa tête;
{{}}humorous{{}} the mad social whirl la folle vie mondaine;
the kitchen was a whirl of activity la cuisine bourdonnait d'activité
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} (try)
to give sth a whirl s'essayer à qch ;
why don't you give it a whirl? pourquoi n'essayez-vous pas?
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (trip) promenade f, tour m
whirl round
1 intransitive verb
(a) (person) se retourner brusquement; (dancer, skater) pirouetter;
she whirled round and round in the middle of the dance floor elle tournait et tournait au milieu de la piste de danse
(b) (leaves) tourbillonner, tournoyer
2 separable transitive verb
to whirl sb round faire tournoyer qn

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