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whirlpooling en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From whirlpool + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The action of liquid swirling around, forming a whirlpool.
    • It makes no sense to say that the whirlpool is “here” and the ocean “there.” Whirlpooling is a feature of the ocean. 2020, Seth Zuihō Segall, Buddhism and Human Flourishing: A Modern Western Perspective, page 121:
  2. (uncountable) The assault, undressing and groping of a woman by men in an aquatic setting.
    • "In dozens of separate 'whirlpooling' incidents, groups of teenage boys surrounded a girl in the water, tore off her swimsuit top and then grabbed her breasts." 2007, Jeff Wiltse, Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, The University of North Carolina Press, page 212:
  3. (uncountable) A method of separating the trub from the wort, involving centrifugal force.

whirlpooling en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, present) present participle of whirlpool
    form of whirlpool