Definitions for whirling
whirling

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1. gyration, whirlingnoun

   the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

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1. whirlingnoun

   The action of the verb to whirl.

2. whirlingadjective

   That whirls or whirl.

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1. whirling

   Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens, from Persian سماعزن) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or dharma. This is sought through abandoning one's nafs, ego or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun.The Mevlevi practice gave rise to an Egyptian form, tanoura, distinguished by the use of a multicolored skirt. This has also developed into a performance dance by non-Sufis, including dancers outside the Islamic world.

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1. Whirling

   of Whirl

2. Whirling

   a. & n. from Whirl, v. t

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whirling in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whirling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of whirling in a Sentence

1. Edward Hoagland:

   True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow.

2. Dante Alighieri:

   There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

3. Kabbalah:

   Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.

4. Bridget Malcolm:

   I cannot tell you how many times I went to bed with my head whirling — trying to get me to latch onto how much I ate at dinner, or during the day, or trying to convince myself to change my diet, start training hard again, start tracking my size, just start doing more, it felt like two steps forward, one and three quarters step back.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   pound for pound, the best one of the bunch, a fighter, scratcher, pit bull, she can nail ‘em to the floor in one second flat, her body’s beautiful, but her mind’s a work of art, whirling madly, twisting and turning, she’s a REAL woman and she won’t let you forget it

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