give it a whirl

1. 1.

   try

   “let's give it a whirl!”

   Synonymsgive it a try

   Broadertry

   colloquialism

Questions about give it a whirl

What does give it a whirl mean?

give it a whirl means "try".

What is another word for give it a whirl?

Close synonyms include give it a try. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give it a whirl a common word?

give it a whirl is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.