whirl

/wɜːl/ noun [no plural]

Definition

ACTIVITY › when a lot of exciting or confusing things happen at the same time: a whirl of activity

TURN › a sudden turning movement

give sth a whirl informal › to try to do something, often for the first time: I've never danced salsa before but I'll give it a whirl.

(Definition of whirl noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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