WordNet sense 1 (the shape of something rotating rapidly):

convolution, swirl, vortex

WordNet sense 2 (confused movement):

commotion

WordNet sense 3 (turn in a twisting or spinning motion):

twiddle, twirl

WordNet sense 4 (cause to spin):

spin, birl

WordNet sense 5 (fly around):

tumble, whirl around

WordNet sense 6 (flow in a circular current, of liquids):

eddy, purl, whirlpool

WordNet sense 7 (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis):

gyrate, reel, spin around

WordNet sense 8 (a usually brief attempt):

crack, fling, go, offer, pass

WordNet sense 9 (the act of rotating rapidly):

twist, twisting