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whirlpooling

whirlpooling noun: the action of liquid swirling around, forming a whirlpool. Also the present participle of whirlpool.

Noun

whirlpooling (uncountable)

  1. The action of liquid swirling around, forming a whirlpool.
    • It makes no sense to say that the whirlpool is “here” and the ocean “there.” Whirlpooling is a feature of the ocean.2020, Seth Zuihō Segall, Buddhism and Human Flourishing: A Modern Western Perspective, page 121
  2. The assault, undressing and groping of a woman by men in an aquatic setting.
    • "In dozens of separate 'whirlpooling' incidents, groups of teenage boys surrounded a girl in the water, tore off her swimsuit top and then grabbed her breasts."2007, Jeff Wiltse, Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, The University of North Carolina Press, page 212
  3. A method of separating the trub from the wort, involving centrifugal force.

Also used as

whirlpooling is also the present participle of whirlpool.

Origin of whirlpooling

From whirlpool + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about whirlpooling

What does whirlpooling mean?
Whirlpooling means the action of liquid swirling around, forming a whirlpool.
What part of speech is whirlpooling?
Whirlpooling is a noun.

Words near whirlpooling in the dictionary

  1. whirlpool bath
  2. whirlpool baths
  3. whirlpool galaxies
  4. whirlpool galaxy
  5. whirlpooled
  6. whirlpooling
  7. whirlpools
  8. whirls
  9. whirlsome
  10. whirlstorm
  11. whirlstorms

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