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  • verb Present participle of twirl.
  • noun The motion of something that twirls.

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Examples

  • Why do they call the twirling of tongues "French kissing"?

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Why do they call the twirling of tongues "French kissing"?

    poesie - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Why do they call the twirling of tongues "French kissing"?

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Why do they call the twirling of tongues "French kissing"?

    brouillard - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Lee scorned his scientific posture and rushed upon him as if he would despatch him at single lunge, but the next moment found his sword twirling in the air, and Hall leaning upon his cane laughing at the foaming and now fruitless anger of his adversary.

    The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion. 1845

  • Long-time CLOTA fans may recall her twirling as a member of the corps de ballet in "The Bungling Ballerinas" and manipulating a cactus to painful effect in the hectic backstage farce, "Noises Off."

    Ridgecrest Daily Independent Homepage RSS 2010

  • I recall twirling around the living room floor to the strains of Boy George, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight of the Bumblebee".

    All articles at Blogcritics 2008

  • I recall twirling around the living room floor to the strains of Boy George, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight of the Bumblebee".

    All articles at Blogcritics 2008

  • I recall twirling around the living room floor to the strains of Boy George, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight of the Bumblebee".

    All articles at Blogcritics 2008

  • I recall twirling around the living room floor to the strains of Boy George, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight of the Bumblebee".

    All articles at Blogcritics 2008

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