whirling
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɝlɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/
- (rhotic, without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈhwɝlɪŋ/
- (non-rhotic, without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈhwɜːlɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
Verb
[edit]whirling
- present participle and gerund of whirl
Noun
[edit]whirling (plural whirlings)
- The action of the verb to whirl.
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]whirling
- That whirls or whirl.
- a whirling carousel; whirling dancers
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
- 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.
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