turn about vs twirl

turn about

verb
  • To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about. 

  • To change or reverse the position of. 

adv
  • Synonym of turn and turn about 

twirl

verb
  • To twist round. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To rotate rapidly. 

  • To perform a twirl. 

noun
  • A little twist of some substance; a swirl. 

  • A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 

  • Any rotating movement; a spin. 

  • A prison guard. 

How often have the words turn about and twirl occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )