Synonyms for whirling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hwurl, wurl |
| Phonetic Transcription : Ê°wÉœrl, wÉœrl |
Définition of whirling
Origin :- early 15c., "flywheel of a spindle," from whirl (v.). The meaning "act of whirling" is recorded from late 15c.; figurative sense of "confused activity" is recorded from 1550s. Colloquial sense of "tentative attempt" is attested from 1884, American English.
- adj swirling
- adj rotating
- But do give me a moment, everything is all so whirling and hazy.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The waves are whirling their boat past the rocks into the shallows.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- But his head was whirling round, the blood was gushing from his brow, his temple, his mouth.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Diné, whirling on his heel, met the arrow with his throat, and pitched choking.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- I can see him yet, scowling at me and whirling the loop over his head ready to throw.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- An icy wind was blowing, and the snowflakes were whirling through the air.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Rawson felt the same current sweeping and whirling gustily about him.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- Morgan's brain was for an instant full of a whirling mass of thought.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- The sheep were tossed about like dead leaves, whirling in bands in the eddies.
- Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
- Our heads were whirling, our bodies bruised and mashed by the shaking up.
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
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