circling
adjective
[ ˈsəːk(ə)lɪŋ ]
• moving in a circle; revolving.
• "a circling helicopter"
circle
verb
• move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.
• "they were circling Athens airport"
Similar:
wheel,
move round,
move round in circles,
revolve,
rotate,
whirl,
spiral,
gyrate,
go round,
walk round,
travel round,
circumnavigate,
orbit,
revolve round,
circumambulate,
Origin:
Old English, from Old French cercle, from Latin circulus ‘small ring’, diminutive of circus ‘ring’.
