Wirbel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- eddy noun A swirl of water or air that spins in the opposite direction to the main flow around it.
- fuss noun Excessive worry, activity, or complaint over something minor.
- gyre noun A swirling vortex.
- kerfuffle noun A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.
- peg noun A small wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or mark something.
- roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
- swirl verb To move in a twisting, circular pattern.
- swivel noun A joint or fitting that allows something attached to it to rotate freely.
- vertebra noun Any one of the small bones that link together to form the spine.
- vortex noun A spinning mass of air, water, or other matter that pulls things toward its centre, such as a whirlpool or whirlwind.
- wave noun A moving ridge on the surface of water, especially the sea.
- whirl verb To spin or turn around quickly.
- whirlpool noun A powerful, swirling current of water that pulls objects toward its centre.
- whorl noun Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
Senses
Wirbel is used for these senses in English:
- cowlick An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
- eddy A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- fuss (countable, or, uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
- fuss A complaint or noise; a scene.
- gyre (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
- kerfuffle (chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- peg One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- roll The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
eddy — full definition
- noun A swirl of water or air that spins in the opposite direction to the main flow around it.
- verb To swirl or circle back on itself, the way water or air does around an obstacle.
fuss — full definition
- noun Excessive worry, activity, or complaint over something minor.
- verb To worry or busy oneself over unimportant details.