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1. (n.) whirlwind
a relatively small mass of air, as a tornado, rotating rapidly and advancing over land or sea.
2. whirlwind
something resembling a whirlwind, as in destructive force.
3. whirlwind
any circling rush or violent onward course.
4. (adj.) whirlwind
like a whirlwind, as in speed or force:
a whirlwind visit.
5. whirlwind
reap the whirlwind, to suffer the penalties for one's misdeeds. Hos. 8:7.
Etymology: (1950–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) whirlwind
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
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1. (noun) whirlwind
a fast-moving and confusing period of activity, emotion, etc.
a whirlwind of problems
2. whirlwind
a whirlwind romance
a passionate but short romantic relationship
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) whirlwind
a violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion
2. (noun) whirlwind
fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward
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Sense: a violent circular current of wind with a whirling motion.
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 Afrikaans: warrelwind |
 Arabic: زَوْبَعَه، دَوّامَه هَوائ |
 Bulgarian: вихрушка |
 Brazilian: furacão / ciclone |
 Czech: tornádo |
 German: der Wirbelwind |
 Danish: hvirvelvind |
 Greek: ανεμοστρόβιλος |
 Spanish: torbellino |
 Estonian: tuulispask |
 Farsi: گردباد |
 Finnish: pyörretuuli |
 French: tornade |
 Hebrew: מְעַרבּוֹלתֶ אֲוִיר |
 Hindi: बवण्डर |
 Croatian: vihor, zračni vrtlog |
 Hungarian: forgószél |
 Indonesian: angin puyuh |
 Icelandic: hvirfilvindur |
 Italian: turbine, (tromba d'aria) |
 Japanese: つむじ風 |
 Korean: 회오리바람 |
 Lithuanian: viesulas, uraganas |
 Latvian: virpulis; viesulis |
 Malay: putting-beliung |
 Dutch: wervelwind |
 Norwegian: virvelvind |
 Polish: trąba powietrzna |
 Portuguese: furacão |
 Romanian: vijelie; tornadă |
 Russian: вихрь |
 Slovak: vzdušný vír, víchrica, sm |
 Slovenian: zračni vrtinec |
 Serbian: kovitlac |
 Swedish: virvelvind |
 Thai: ลมหมุน |
 Turkish: hortum |
 Taiwanese: 旋風 |
 Ukrainian: вихор; смерч |
 Urdu: بگولا |
 Vietnamese: cơn gió lốc |
 Chinese: 旋风 |
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