Wirbel — meaning in English

English meaning

• cowlick noun A tuft of hair that sticks up or leans a different way from the hair around it.
• 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, spinning mass, such as of water or air.
• kerfuffle noun A noisy fuss, upset, or commotion.
• 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 center, 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 center.
• whorl noun One ring or turn within a pattern of circles, ovals or a spiral shape.

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

1. noun A swirl of water or air that spins in the opposite direction to the main flow around it.
2. verb To swirl or circle back on itself, the way water or air does around an obstacle.

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