whirling
adjective
[ ˈwəːlɪŋ ]
• characterized by rapid movement round and round.
• "whirling propellers"
whirl
verb
• move or cause to move rapidly round and round.
• "leaves whirled in eddies of wind"
Similar:
rotate,
turn,
turn round,
go round,
revolve,
circle,
wheel,
orbit,
pivot,
swivel,
gyrate,
spin,
roll,
twirl,
pirouette,
birl,
Origin:
Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’.
