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Waltz :: Waltz (n.) A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance..

Twirl :: Twirl (v. t.) To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.

Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.

Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.

Tarantella :: Tarantella (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia..

Whirlbone :: Whirlbone (n.) The huckle bone.

Twirl :: Twirl (n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

Whirled :: Whirled (imp. & p. p.) of Whir.

Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) The whirling about of a horse.

Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

Weaver :: Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

Euripize :: Euripize (v. t.) To whirl hither and thither.

Vortex :: Vortex (n.) A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy..

Dizziness :: Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Dizzy :: Dizzy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct..

Turbination :: Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top..

Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity..

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