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noun [countable] American English pronunciation: whirl /wɜrl/ American English pronunciation: whirl /hwɜrl/ 
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  1. 1
    a lot of confused activity and movement

    The fairground was a whirl of color.

    in a whirl:

    Her mind was in a whirl from all the day's events.

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