whirling
/ˈwɝlɪŋ/ noun C2- A swift or rapid turning or rotation; a circling movement.
- An organized attack where a group of people, usually teenagers, surround and attack women, with sudden physical assaults or harassment.
Plural whirlings
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Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel was the wind whistling past her ears.
Joseph Harrison drove us down to the station, and we were soon whirling up in a Portsmouth train.
Still kneeling upon the floor he bent forward and threw all his weight and strength upon some lever, with the result that there came a long, whirling, grinding noise, ending once more in a powerful click.
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