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Hurlwind :: Hurlwind (n.) A whirlwind.

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business..

Gig :: Gig (n.) A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

Giddy :: Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.

Hurlbone :: Hurlbone (n.) See Whirlbone.

Maelstrom :: Maelstrom (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

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

Pirouette :: Pirouette (v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer..

Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like..

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

Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up..

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

Birr :: Birr (n.) A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel..

Whirlbone :: Whirlbone (n.) The patella, or kneepan..

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

Tarantella :: Tarantella (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia..

Whirlbone :: Whirlbone (n.) The huckle bone.

Turbination :: Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top..

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