Meaning

• An act of whirling.

  "She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor."

• Something that whirls.

• A confused tumult.

• A rapid series of events.

  "My life is one social whirl."

• Dizziness or giddiness.

  "My mind was in a whirl."

• (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

  "OK, let's give it a whirl."

Meaning

• To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

  "The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience."

• To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.

  "My head is whirling after all that drink."

• To make something or someone whirl.

  "The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes."

• To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.