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spiralling
 
Verb spiral has 3 senses
  1. gyrate, spiral, coil - to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
    --1 is one way to turn
    Derived forms: noun spiral4, noun spiral1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. spiral - form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
    --2 is one way to     wind, curve
    Derived forms: noun spiral2, noun spiral1
    Sample sentence:
    The wires spiral around the stick
  3. corkscrew, spiral - move in a spiral or zigzag course
    --3 is one way to turn
    Derived form: noun spiral5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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