whirlpool
playSimple Definition of whirlpool
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: an area of water in a river, stream, etc., that moves very fast in a circle
Full Definition of whirlpool
1 a : a confused tumult and bustle : whirl b : a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed <refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue — A. D. White>
2 a : water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn : eddy, vortex b : whirlpool bath
Examples of whirlpool in a sentence
The swimmer was caught in a whirlpool and nearly drowned.
<in The Odyssey, Ulysses is trapped between the six-headed monster Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly whirlpool that threatens to suck in his ship>
1529
First Known Use of whirlpool
1529
WHIRLPOOL Defined for Kids
whirlpool
playDefinition of whirlpool for Students
: a rapid swirl of water with a low place in the center into which floating objects are drawn
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