swirling

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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swirling (not comparable)

  1. that swirls
    • 1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152:
      When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.

Noun

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swirling (countable and uncountable, plural swirlings)

  1. A pattern or motion that swirls.

Verb

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swirling

  1. present participle and gerund of swirl