upwhirl

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ whirl.

Verb

upwhirl (third-person singular simple present upwhirls, present participle upwhirling, simple past and past participle upwhirled)

1. (intransitive) To rise upward in a whirl.
2. (transitive) To raise upward with a whirling motion.

References

• “upwhirl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.