whirling
/ˈwɜːlɪŋ//ˈwɝlɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
“The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.”
- 2
To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
“My head is whirling after all that drink.”
- 3
To make something or someone whirl.
“The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.”
- 4
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to whirl.
adjective
- 1
That whirls or whirl.
“a whirling carousel; whirling dancers”
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