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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
awhirl
 
SYLLABICATION:a·whirl
PRONUNCIATION:  -hwûrl, -wûrl
ADJECTIVE:1. Having a whirling motion; spinning: leaves awhirl in the wind. 2. Being in a condition suggestive of a whirl, such as a state of excited activity or confusion: “All we could do was just stand there, our minds awhirl with the fluky wonder of it all” (David Mazel).
OTHER FORMS:a·whirlADVERB
 
 
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