'Swirling' definitions:
Definition of 'Swirling'
From: GCIDE
- Swirl \Swirl\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swirling.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. [root]177. See Swarm, n.] To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along." --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swirling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- angular momentum,
- angular motion,
- angular velocity,
- axial motion,
- bowling,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- centrifugation,
- circulation,
- circumgyration,
- circumrotation,
- commotion,
- disturbance,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- embroilment,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- flurry,
- full circle,
- fume,
- gyrating,
- gyration,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- pivoting,
- reeling,
- revolution,
- revolving,
- roll,
- rolling,
- rotating,
- rotation,
- rotational motion,
- ruffle,
- spin,
- spinning,
- stir,
- swinging,
- swirl,
- swiveling,
- to-do,
- trolling,
- trundling,
- tumult,
- turbination,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- turning,
- twirling,
- uproar,
- volutation,
- volution,
- vortex,
- wheeling,
- whir,
- whirl,
- whirling,
- yeastiness