Dictionary Definition
swirling adj : moving or driven rapidly in a
rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling
currents" [syn: whirling]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)lɪŋ
Adjective
- that swirls
Noun
- action of the verb to swirl
Verb
swirling- present participle of swirl
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ado,
agitation, angular
momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, axial motion, bowling, brouhaha, bustle, centrifugation, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotation, commotion, disturbance, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, feery-fary,
ferment, fermentation, flurry, full circle, fume, gyrating, gyration, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, pell-mell,
perturbation,
pivoting, reeling, revolution, revolving, roll, rolling, rotating, rotation, rotational motion,
ruffle, spin, spinning, stir, swinging, swirl, swiveling, to-do, trolling, trundling, tumult, turbination, turbulence, turmoil, turning, twirling, uproar, volutation, volution, vortex, wheeling, whir, whirl, whirling, yeastiness