English Dictionary
◊ WHIRLING
whirling
adj 1: moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a
tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents" [syn: {swirling}]
2: rotating rapidly about an axis; "a spinning top"; "the
whirling dance of the Dervish" [syn: {spinning}]
n : the act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: {gyration}]