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

Whir :: Whir (v. t.) To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.

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

Charybdis :: Charybdis (n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Wirble :: Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.

Gyratory :: Gyratory (a.) Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around..

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

Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.

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

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

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

Euripize :: Euripize (v. t.) To whirl hither and thither.

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

Twirl :: Twirl (v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..

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..

Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

Weel :: Weel (n.) A whirlpool.

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