whirling

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of whirl

noun

  1. The action of the verb to whirl.

adj

  1. That whirls or whirl.
    a whirling carousel; whirling dancers
    The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid

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