Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rise upward in a whirl; whirl upward.
- To raise upward in a whirling course.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
Etymologies
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up- + whirl
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Examples
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Carlisle felt, under Mr. Canning's incredulous gaze, that this sudden upwhirl of misfortune was the further refinement of cruelty.
V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905
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