Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer,
   flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G.
   zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a
   twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. {Trowel}.]
   To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and
   turn rapidly with the fingers.

         See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to
         twirl the wheel.                         --Dodsley.

         No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango
         twirls his jocund castanet.              --Byron.