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adj. - Moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Have the children swirl the paint out with a spoon let them keep swirling from the center, in all directions around the drop of paint.
  • "All of this here, you can see it actually swirling, that is the blood."
  • The creative use of colors and your mastery of swirling is very impressive =)
  • Looks fantastic, especially with the idea of swirling the chocolate into it -- mmmmmm!
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