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Circumrotation :: Circumrotation (n.) The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round..

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..

Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..

Charybdis :: Charybdis (n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Gurge :: Gurge (n.) A whirlpool.

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

Whirring :: Whirring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whi.

Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..

Turbillion :: Turbillion (n.) A whirl; a vortex.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

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..

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..

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

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

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

Birr :: Birr (v. i.) To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion..

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

Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly.

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

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..

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