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Upwhirl :: Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.

Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.

Hurl :: Hurl (v. t.) To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance..

Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..

Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..

Gyration :: Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution..

Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy..

Birr :: Birr (v. i.) To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion..

Swish :: Swish (n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air..

Gurge :: Gurge (n.) A whirlpool.

Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.

Twirl :: Twirl (n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

Whirred :: Whirred (imp. & p. p.) of Whi.

Whirling :: Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whir.

Dizziness :: Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Circumgyration :: Circumgyration (n.) The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round..

Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..

Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

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