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Hurl :: Hurl (v. t.) To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance..

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top..

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger..

Hurlwind :: Hurlwind (n.) A whirlwind.

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..

Whir :: Whir (v. t.) To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.

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..

Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..

Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..

Vertiginous :: Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion..

Whirry :: Whirry (v. i.) To whir.

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

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

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.

Wirble :: Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.

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.

Gyral :: Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

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..

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

Swish :: Swish (n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air..

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