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swirling

swirling adjective: that swirls. Also the present participle and gerund of swirl.

Adjective

swirling (not comparable)

  1. that swirls
    • When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152

Noun

swirling (countable and uncountable, plural swirlings)

  1. A pattern or motion that swirls.

Also used as

swirling is also the present participle and gerund of swirl.

Forms of swirling

pluralswirlings

Words formed from swirling

Words that rhyme with swirling

Questions about swirling

What does swirling mean?
Swirling means that swirls.
What part of speech is swirling?
Swirling can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near swirling in the dictionary

  1. swirlie
  2. swirlier
  3. swirlies
  4. swirliest
  5. swirliness
  6. swirling
  7. swirlingly
  8. swirlings
  9. swirls
  10. swirlware
  11. swirly

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