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whirlpool

DEFINITIONS OF: whirlpool

1

n a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Synonyms:
maelstrom, vortex
Types:
Charybdis
(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
Type of:
current, stream
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

v flow in a circular current, of liquids

Synonyms:
eddy, purl, swirl, whirl
Type of:
course, feed, flow, run
move along, of liquids
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