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Adjective whirling has 2 senses
- whirling, swirling - moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
- spinning, whirling - rotating rapidly about an axis; "a spinning top"; "the whirling dance of the Dervish"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
Noun whirling has 1 sense
- gyration, whirling - the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
--1 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
Verb whirl has 5 senses
- twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
--1 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
Sample sentence:
The wooden sticks whirl
- whirl, birl, spin, twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
--2 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
Sample sentence:
The girls whirl the wooden sticks
- eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids
--3 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
--4 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- whirl, tumble, whirl around - fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
--5 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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