Advertisement
 Translation for 'whirl' from English to Slovak
NOUN   a whirl | whirls
VERB   to whirl | whirled | whirled
whirling | whirls
SYNO commotion | convolution | crack | ...
víriť (sa) [nedok.] [byť vo vírivom pohybe]to whirl
víriť n-čo [nedok.]to whirl sth.
vírenie {n}whirl
zool.
závit {m} [na ulite ap.]
whirl [turn of a spiral shell]
4 translations
To translate another word just start typing!

Usage Examples English
  • A great whirl was caused at the north pole by the rotation of a column of sky.
  • A whole roasted hazelnut in a whirl of milk chocolate.
  • The pink and blue curves show the backward whirl (BW) and forward whirl (FW) modes, respectively, which diverge as the spin speed increases.
  • A Walnut Whip is a whirl-shaped cone of milk chocolate with a whipped vanilla fondant filling, topped with a half-walnut.
  • Often used as a counter to the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, this variant sees the attacking wrestler in the Tilt-a-whirl position, but instead of being lifted and slammed onto a knee or into the mat, the attacker reaches back and applies a three-quarter facelock before falling to a seated position, with the opponent's jaw impacting with the shoulder of the wrestler.

  • Soon all was a blur and a whirl around Drumnacanvy.
  • A fire whirl or fire devil (sometimes referred to as a fire tornado) is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash.
  • The ABBA song "Head over Heels" features the phrase in its metaphorical sense: "Running the gauntlet in a whirl of lace".
  • Whirl-Mart consists of a group of "Whirl-Marters" who congregate at a large superstore (usually a Walmart, Asda, or Sainsbury's) and slowly push empty shopping carts silently through store aisles.
  • In matroid theory, two particularly important special classes of matroids are the "wheel matroids" and the "whirl matroids", both derived from wheel graphs.

  • An uncommon variation of the move which sees the wrestler being held and spun into a tilt-a-whirl by the opponent.
  • Next, Mosco de la Merced made his ECW debut against Super Crazy. Crazy hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a frog splash to Merced for the win.
  • One disadvantage specific to fluid-lubricated, hydrodynamic journal bearings in high-speed machinery is "oil whirl"—a self-excited vibration of the journal.
  • As explained on the back cover the title is a deliberate misspelling suggesting the “mad dervish whirl of coincidence and synchronicity” to be found within.
  • Thor invented the tilt-a-whirl system in which the agitator, typically in the shape of disk, tilted back and forth within the washer drum while simultaneously rotating.

  • Roca Remolino (lit. "whirl rock") is a submarine mountain in Chacao Channel, Chile, notorious for being a major hazard for traffic along the channel.
  • The genus name "Conium" refers to "koneios", the Greek word for 'spin' or 'whirl', alluding to the dizzying effects of the plant's poison after ingestion.
  • " 'whirl' and " [...] " 'hole, gap, mouth', in effect denoting 'whirlpool'.
  • "Social whirl online"; the Gothamist, "LifeKnot: The New Online Meeting Place"; the Denver Post, "Internet hookups lead to recreation - and romance"; and the Boston Herald.
Advertisement
© dict.cc Slovak-English dictionary 2024
Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
Links to this dictionary or to individual translations are very welcome!