'Whirlpool' definitions:
Definition of 'whirlpool'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Whirlpool'
From: GCIDE
- Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called "balaenae," take up in length as much as four . . . arpents of land. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whirlpool'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- back stream,
- backflow,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- bustle,
- centrifugate,
- centrifuge,
- Charybdis,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- dizzy round,
- eddy,
- flurry,
- furore,
- fuss,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- gyre,
- Maelstrom,
- maelstrom,
- pirouette,
- pother,
- purl,
- rat race,
- reel,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regurgitation,
- round,
- spin,
- surge,
- swirl,
- turn,
- twirl,
- vortex,
- wheel,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- whirlwind,
- whorl