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Main Entry: chirp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: peep, cheep

Synonyms:

call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble
Main Entry: gurgle
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Definition: burble, murmur

Synonyms:

babble, bubble, crow, lap, plash, purl, ripple, slosh, splash, wash
Main Entry: gyrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: revolve

Synonyms:

circle, circulate, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, whirligig
Main Entry: knit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: intertwine

Synonyms:

affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, crochet, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, purl, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web
Notes: to knit means to make a fabric or garment by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops by using knitting needles or on a machine, while a nit is the egg or young of a parasitic insect

Antonyms:

unknit
Main Entry: lap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: slosh, wash against

Synonyms:

bathe, bubble, burble, drink, gurgle, lave, lick, lip, plash, purl, ripple, sip, slap, splash, sup, swish
Main Entry: murmur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make low, continuous sound

Synonyms:

babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, flow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purl, purr, ripple, rumble, stage-whisper, stammer, stutter, susurrate, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper

Antonyms:

speak clearly
Main Entry: spin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, make go around

Synonyms:

gyrate, gyre, oscillate, pendulate, pirouette, purl, reel, revolve, rotate, spiral, swim, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl

Antonyms:

stand, steady
Main Entry: swirl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: spin around

Synonyms:

agitate, boil, churn, coil, crimp, crisp, curl, eddy, purl, roil, roll, snake, surge, swoosh, twirl, whirl, whirlpool, whorl, wriggle
Main Entry: twirl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn around circularly

Synonyms:

gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl, whirligig, wind

Antonyms:

straight, untwirl, untwist
Main Entry: whirl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: spin around

Synonyms:

circle, eddy, gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, reel, revolve, roll, rotate, swirl, swoosh, turn, turn around, twirl, twist, wheel, whir

Antonyms:

straighten
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