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How to spell twirl

What it means: To spin or rotate quickly.

In a sentence: The girl loves to twirl in her new pink dress. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as twril or twhirl.

Same family: twirls, twirled, twirling, spin, whirl. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Twirl” likely comes from a blend or alteration of older English words like “twist” and “whirl,” echoing the idea of quick circular movement. Its sound pattern imitates the light, spinning motion it describes.

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