Word: swirlies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: swir
lies
Definition: Plural of swirlie. A school mode of bullying involving holding a person upside down over a toilet bowl, submerging their head, then flushing water.
Morphemes:
Affix: swirl
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: swirlen
Language: enm
Decoded: swirlen
Meaning: to eddy; swirl
Affix: -ie
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.