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whirlpit

whirlpit noun: a whirlpool.

Noun

whirlpit (plural whirlpits)

  1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
    • raging whirlpits1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC

Forms of whirlpit

pluralwhirlpits

Origin of whirlpit

From Middle English whirl-pit, whorllepyte, equivalent to whirl + pit.

Questions about whirlpit

What does whirlpit mean?
Whirlpit means a whirlpool.
What part of speech is whirlpit?
Whirlpit is a noun.
What is the plural of whirlpit?
The plural of whirlpit is whirlpits.

Words near whirlpit in the dictionary

  1. whirlingly
  2. whirlingness
  3. whirlings
  4. whirlmixer
  5. whirlmixers
  6. whirlpit
  7. whirlpits
  8. whirlpool
  9. whirlpool bath
  10. whirlpool baths
  11. whirlpool galaxies

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