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Pronunciation

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Verb

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whirling

  1. present participle and gerund of whirl

Noun

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whirling (plural whirlings)

  1. The action of the verb to whirl.

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Adjective

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whirling

  1. That whirls or whirl.
    a whirling carousel;  whirling dancers
    • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
      The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

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