simple past tense and past participle of twirl

plural of twirling

A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. / Any rotating movement; a spin. / A little twist of some substance; a swirl. / (slang) A prison guard.

(intransitive) To perform a twirl. / (transitive) To rotate rapidly. / (transitive) To twist round. / (baseball) To pitch.

present participle of twirl

The motion of something that twirls.

plural of twirl

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twirl

Synonym of twiddle one's thumbs

To twist the ends of one's moustache hairs around the fingers, especially by way of fidgeting. / To express stereotypical villainy in an obvious or comically exaggerated fashion.