Definition of whirling

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Whirling () a. & n. from Whirl, v. t..

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Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
Circumgyration :: Circumgyration (n.) The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round..
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..
Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy..
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..
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..
Dizziness :: Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
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..
Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl..
Turbination :: Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top..
Swish :: Swirl (n.) A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl..
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..
Upwhirl :: Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..
Vertiginous :: Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion..
Twirl :: Twirl (n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
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