outwhirl

outwhirl

English

Etymology

out- +‎ whirl

Verb

outwhirl (third-person singular simple present outwhirls, present participle outwhirling, simple past and past participle outwhirled)

1. (rare, transitive) To surpass in whirling or spinning.
   • 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, Night I

     O Cynthia! why so pale? Dost thou lament

     Thy wretched neighbour? Grieve to see thy wheel

     Of ceaseless change outwhirl'd in human life?

   • 2013, Tessa McWatt, Vital Signs (page 18)

     I want to interrogate Anna's grandmother to learn the grace of her dervish heritage, to see her perform the whirl—forbidden to females—in the intimacy of her home, where, Anna's mother told me, she was renowned for outwhirling even the fittest of men.