Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To whirl; eddy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb rare To whirl; to eddy.

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  • verb To whirl; to eddy.

Etymologies

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Compare warble, whirl.

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Examples

  • 'wirble' Wirble. init Wirble. colorize Email is not required, but it must be valid if specified.

    StevenHarman.net Steven Harman 2008

  • When I opened my eyes, behold, I was girt round with dead men's bones; and the bones moved round me, undulating, as the dry leaves that wirble round in the winds of the winter.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • When I opened my eyes, behold, I was girt round with dead men's bones; and the bones moved round me, undulating, as the dry leaves that wirble round in the winds of the winter.

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • (Don't forget to install it via: sudo gem install wirble utility_belt

    RubyCorner 2009

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  • = wrbl?

    August 18, 2008

  • Not the way I meant it, anyway: "To turn round and round; to whirl; to eddy."

    August 18, 2008

  • Warbles wirble but they don't fall down.

    March 3, 2016