eddy
noun
[ ˈɛdi ]
• a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.
• "the current was forming foam-lipped eddies along the bank"
eddy
verb
• (of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.
• "the mists from the river eddied round the banks"
Similar:
swirl,
whirl,
spiral,
wind,
churn,
swish,
circulate,
revolve,
spin,
twist,
flow,
ripple,
stream,
surge,
seethe,
billow,
foam,
froth,
boil,
ferment,
Origin:
late Middle English: probably from the Germanic base of the Old English prefix ed- ‘again, back’.
