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[ adjective ] moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion

Synonyms

whirling

Examples

"a tornado's whirling winds" "swirling currents"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Hardly had Mrs._Roebuck driven off when a rusty pick-up truck , father or grandfather of Senor `` Moriarty 's '' Ford sedan , came screeching to a dust swirling stop , and a brown face appeared , its nose threatened by shards of_what had once been the side window .

Related terms

moving

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

S W ER1 L IH0 NG swerling

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