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

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

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..

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..

Whirling :: Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whir.

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..

Vorticose :: Vorticose (a.) Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion..

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..

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..

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

Vortical :: Vortical (a.) Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion..

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

Circumgyration :: Circumgyration (n.) The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round..

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..

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..

Swish :: Swirl (n.) A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl..

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.

Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

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

Upwhirl :: Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.

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