Definition of "twirler" [twirler]

• Something that twirls. (noun)
• Someone who twirls something. (noun)

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• "The special development in India of the fire-priest that brings down fire from heaven, when compared with the personification of the 'twirler' (Promantheus) in Greece, shows that no detailed myth was current in primitive times. ["
• "She was following in the footsteps of Francesco Vezzoli, who invited Lady Gaga to perform two years ago, and Doug Aitken, who last year incorporated a few songs by Beck as well as a lasso twirler to explore "the idea of the west.""
• "A woman who revealed that as a teenager she had been a baton twirler for an NFL team located near her home town, for example, was concerned lest her older male colleagues learn about her past and use that knowledge to discount her publication record when she was considered for tenure."