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51whirl — {{11}}whirl (n.) early 15c., flywheel of a spindle, from WHIRL (Cf. whirl) (v.). The meaning act of whirling is recorded from late 15c.; figurative sense of confused activity is recorded from 1550s. Colloquial sense of tentative attempt is… …
52hum — v 1. drone, murmur, thrum, vibrate, throb, buzz, purr, whir, zoom; sing, croon, whisper. 2. move, stir, bustle, move briskly, scintillate, vibrate, pulse, pulsate, quiver, Inf. tick, Inf. jump. n 3. murmur, droning, drone, buzzing, buzz, zooming …
53roll — v 1. revolve, rotate, bowl, trundle, troll, tumble, somersault, somerset, turn, go around; (all of a vessel) pitch, lurch, haw, swing, toss, rock, incline, sway, lean; spin, gyrate, whirl, pivot, pirouette, wheel, reel, swirl, twirl, twiddle. 2.… …
54swish — v 1. whish, whoosh, whiz, whistle, hiss, sibilate, whir, hum, buzz. 2. rustle, swoosh, sough, sigh, whisper, murmur. 3. swirl around, move around, stir around, agitate, swash around; splash, swash, dash against, wash, lap. 4. flourish, brandish,… …
55buzz — [n1] droning sound drone, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hum, murmur, purr, ring, ringing, sibilation, whir, whisper; concept 595 buzz [n2] gossip comment, cry, grapevine*, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper; concept… …
56whirl — [n1] spin, revolution circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, flurry, gyration, gyre, pirouette, reel, roll, rotation, round, surge, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whir, whirlpool; concepts 152,738 whirl [n2] commotion, confusion ado*,… …
57whirs — present third singular of whir plural of whir …
58Hurried — Hurry Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all… …
59Hurry — Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of …
60Hurrying — Hurry Hur ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurrying}.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all… …
