whirling

Meaning of whirling

adjective
  1. characterized by rapid movement round and round.
    whirling propellers
    a vigorous whirling jig
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. move or cause to move rapidly round and round.
    leaves whirled in eddies of wind
    I whirled her round the dance hall

Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’.

Information about whirling

  • The plural form of whirling is: whirlings.
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Hyphenation of whirling

whirling

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • whirling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

whirling synonyms

Meaning swirling:

swirling

Meaning gyration:

gyration

Meaning move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre:

rotate

Meaning move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point:

turn

Meaning move in a circle on a central axis:

revolve

Meaning move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:

circle

Meaning push or pull (a vehicle with wheels):

wheel

Meaning (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet):

orbit

Meaning turn on or as if on a pivot:

pivot

Meaning turn around a point or axis or on a swivel:

swivel

Meaning move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral:

gyrate

Meaning turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly:

spin

Meaning move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis:

roll

Meaning spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly:

twirl

Meaning perform a pirouette:

pirouette

Meaning spin; whirl:

birl

Words that rhyme with whirling

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