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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

whirling en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈʍɝlɪŋ/ rhotic, without the wine–whine merger
/ˈʍɜːlɪŋ/ non-rhotic, without the wine–whine merger
/ˈwɜːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwɝlɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Meanings

Revolving, rotating, turning rapidly.
- a whirling carousel; whirling dancers
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

whirling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈʍɝlɪŋ/ rhotic, without the wine–whine merger
/ˈʍɜːlɪŋ/ non-rhotic, without the wine–whine merger
/ˈwɜːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwɝlɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A swift or rapid turning or rotation; a circling movement.
(US, countable, uncommon, uncountable) An organized attack where a group of people, usually teenagers, surround and attack women, with sudden physical assaults or harassment.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
whirlings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

whirling en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈʍɝlɪŋ/ rhotic, without the wine–whine merger
/ˈʍɜːlɪŋ/ non-rhotic, without the wine–whine merger
/ˈwɜːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwɝlɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of whirl
form of whirl

Deriveds

whirling table · whirling disease · whirlingly · whirling pits · whirlingness · Whirling Dervish