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dustwhirl

dustwhirl noun: a whirl of dust.

Noun

dustwhirl (plural dustwhirls)

  1. A whirl of dust.
    • Footprint in the dews of dawn, / Dustwhirl on a desert plain, / Shadow of a flickering awn / Of wheat that waits the harvest wain, / These shall last if joy remain, / Nymph, when all thy snows have thawn.1906, John Gurdon, “Callisto”, in Dramatic Lyrics, London: Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 66
    • My mind concentrated on Whity, I drove straight through a dustwhirl and barely missed hitting six elephants.1969, Joy Adamson, “Whity’s rescue”, in The Spotted Sphinx, London: Collins & Harvill Press, →OCLC, pages 145–146

Forms of dustwhirl

pluraldustwhirls

Origin of dustwhirl

From dust + whirl.

Questions about dustwhirl

What does dustwhirl mean?
Dustwhirl means a whirl of dust.
What part of speech is dustwhirl?
Dustwhirl is a noun.
What is the plural of dustwhirl?
The plural of dustwhirl is dustwhirls.

Words near dustwhirl in the dictionary

  1. dustucks
  2. dustup
  3. dustups
  4. dusturies
  5. dustury
  6. dustwhirl
  7. dustwhirls
  8. dustwoman
  9. dustwomen
  10. dustwrapper
  11. dustwrappers

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