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whirlpool
 
Noun whirlpool has 1 sense
  1. whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom - a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
    --1 is a kind of current, stream
    --1 has particulars: Charybdis
    Derived form: verb whirlpool1
Verb whirlpool has 1 sense
  1. eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids
    --1 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
    Derived form: noun whirlpool1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
whirlaway whirled whirler whirlgig whirligig whirligig beetle whirling whirling dervish whirlpool whirlpool s whirlwind whirlwinds whirly whirlybird whirlygig whirr whirring

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