whirlpool
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈwɜrˌlpuːl/
:
remolino
- The boat was caught in a powerful whirlpool, spinning out of control in the water.
And Sulike Sikidaga means caught in the Whirlpool.
- And Sulike Sikidaga means caught in the Whirlpool.
- And Sulike Sikkidaga means caught in the Whirlpool.
- Got to catch the five train man to a canoe to a Uber pool that actually drains into a real pool and it's a Whirlpool.
- So I do think that for people who are just stuck in a Whirlpool then can't get out, this is a good way to kind of fish them out of that despair.
- And in that Whirlpool thinking is done with the primitive mind tribes.
Examples
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How did she not get sucked down into a whirlpool?
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It's the second-biggest whirlpool in Europe.
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What happened to the new whirlpool we were supposed to get?
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Maybe the plane's over there in the whirlpool.
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At the mouth of the cave-in, there was a whirlpool wide as a city block.
Fiction book (1995) -
It was the biggest, deadliest whirlpool I'd ever seen.
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The boat surged through the great pipe, spun into a whirlpool, then rushed on.
Fiction book (2001) -
The key is not to allow ourselves to be sucked into whirlpools of disagreement.
Academic text (1994) -
Discouraged, she sat in the whirlpool, letting the tiredness seep out of her bones.
Fiction book (1999) -
Leopold luxuriates in the bathtub wearing a "Whitecap," marveling at the whirlpool and the instant hot water.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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7.2
A spinning mass of air or water that pulls things toward its center
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9.5
A very strong whirlpool in the sea or river that can pull things under
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6.7
A small whirl of water or air that turns back from the main flow
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whirlpool comes from the two simple words whirl ('to spin') and pool ('a small area of water'). So imagine water spinning into a round hole, which is why a whirlpool is a powerful circular current that pulls objects toward its center.