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Whur :: Whur (n.) A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir..

Hurlbone :: Hurlbone (n.) See Whirlbone.

Pirouette :: Pirouette (v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer..

Whir :: Whir (v. i.) To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz..

Giddy :: Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.

Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..

Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion..

Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

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

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

Whir :: Whir (n.) A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel..

Swirl :: Swirl (n.) To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy..

Turbinate :: Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

Whirl-blast :: Whirl-blast (n.) A whirling blast or wind.

Whur :: Whur (v. i.) To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr..

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business..

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..

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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