swirl (n.)
- ado
- agitation
- backflow
- backwash
- backwater
- beat
- bluster
- boil
- boiling
- bother
- botheration
- brouhaha
- burst
- bustle
- centrifuge
- churn
- cirrus
- coil
- commotion
- corkscrew
- countercurrent
- crinkle
- curl
- curlicue
- curve
- discomposure
- disorder
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disturbance
- ebullience
- ebullition
- eddy
- effervescence
- embroilment
- excitement
- ferment
- fermentation
- fever
- feverishness
- fidgetiness
- fit
- flap
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- fret
- fume
- fuss
- fussiness
- gulf
- gush
- gyre
- helix
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurry
- inquietude
- jitters
- jumpiness
- kink
- maelstrom
- malaise
- meander
- moil
- nervousness
- paddle
- perturbation
- pirouette
- pother
- purl
- reel
- reflux
- regurgitation
- restlessness
- rile
- ringlet
- ripple
- roil
- roll
- round
- rout
- row
- ruffle
- scallop
- scramble
- screw
- scroll
- shake
- snake
- spasm
- spin
- spiral
- spurt
- stew
- stir
- surge
- sweat
- tendril
- to-do
- trepidation
- trepidity
- trouble
- tumult
- turbidity
- turbulence
- turmoil
- turn
- twine
- twirl
- twist
- unease
- unrest
- uproar
- upset
- volute
- volution
- vortex
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- whirligig
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
- whisk
- whorl
- wind
- worm
- wring
swirl (v.)
- ado
- agitate
- beat
- bluster
- boil
- bother
- burst
- bustle
- centrifugate
- centrifuge
- churn
- circulate
- coil
- contort
- convulse
- corkscrew
- crinkle
- curl
- curve
- disarrange
- discompose
- disorder
- disquiet
- disturb
- eddy
- excite
- ferment
- fit
- flap
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- foment
- fret
- fume
- furl
- fuss
- gulf
- gush
- gyrate
- hurry
- kink
- meander
- moil
- paddle
- perturb
- pirouette
- pother
- purl
- reel
- rile
- ripple
- roil
- roll
- roughen
- round
- rout
- row
- ruffle
- rumple
- scallop
- scramble
- screw
- scroll
- seethe
- shake
- slink
- snake
- spin
- spiral
- spurt
- stew
- stir
- surge
- sweat
- trouble
- turn
- twine
- twirl
- twist
- upset
- volute
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- whirligig
- whirlpool
- whisk
- wind
- worm
- wring