1 (of ideas or information) to be passed quickly around a group -- svirre
2 -- virvel [ masculine ]
a swirl of accusations et virvar av beskyldninger
a swirl of dust en støvvirvel
3 to (cause to) move quickly, with a whirling or circling motion -- virvle, sno, snurre
4 a whirling or circling motion or shape -- virvling, virvel
The dancers came on stage in a swirl of colour/color.
Most of the medium which contained mucilage was decanted and replaced by cold sterile seawater and swirled vigorously.
Allegations of corruption had begun swirling around the programme as early as 1985 and became more insistent as time passed.
I abandoned the intoxicating, swirling rhythm of the living goddess for her calmer impersonation at the dance.
The lid was lifted from time to time and the water swirled.
The theory indicates that these waves are possible in any swirling flow in which the angular velocity is distributed non-uniformly.
Thus, swirling strength discriminates against shear vorticity, making the swirling motion of a concentrated vortex core more obvious.
The next proposition can be verified using the description of free swirls and whirls via their non-spanning circuits.
The wall of the aortic arch was thin, and blood could be seen swirling in it proximal to the site of narrowing.