swirl

intransitive verb

To move with a twisting or whirling motion; eddy. synonym: turn.

intransitive verb

To be dizzy or disoriented.

intransitive verb

To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.

intransitive verb

To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion.

intransitive verb

To form into or arrange in a spiral, whorl, or twist.

noun

A whirling or eddying motion or mass.

noun

Something, such as a curl of hair, that coils, twists, or whirls.

noun

Whirling confusion or disorder.

noun

A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; gyration; whirl.

noun

Hence Specifically, in angling, the rush of a fish through the water when it rises to a fly.