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Definition of whirlpool
1a : a confused tumult and bustle : whirlb : a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue — A. D. White
2a : water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn : eddy, vortexb : whirlpool bath
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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
Recent Examples of whirlpool from the Web
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Which is more intimate: vanilla sex or sharing a whirlpool bath with someone?
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Facilities include the main lodge and kitchen, sleeping cabins, a craft cabin, two picnic pavilions, an indoor natatorium with pool and whirlpool, a basketball court and an accessible therapeutic play area.
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In a final series of comparatively small prints from 1997 and 1998, Ayón shrinks her panoramas to a tight circle, a kind of whirlpool of darkness, floating on a white ground.
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Cornerstone Aquatics Center, located at 55 Buena Vista Road, houses a lap pool, recreation pool with zero-depth entry, a whirlpool spa, two locker rooms, a fitness exercise room and a meeting room that functions as a daycare room.
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Swift largely grew up in—and became a master puppeteer of—the American media whirlpool, while Lorde immediately retreated to Auckland upon receiving a fraction of Swift’s renown.
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In addition, the gym offers a packed schedule of aerobics, dancercise, pilates, tai chi and yoga, as well as a sky-high lap pool, whirlpools and saunas.
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Jack’s rapscallions have shifting loyalties, Pirates antagonist Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) returns, and Henry and Carina’s growing relationship drowns in this dizzying whirlpool of personalities, including a heavily bearded Paul McCartney.
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The scene: The huge, fourth-floor rooftop pool patio has many lounge chairs, a whirlpool as well as a big blue pool.
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First Known Use of whirlpool
1529
WHIRLPOOL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of whirlpool for English Language Learners
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: an area of water in a river, stream, etc., that moves very fast in a circle
WHIRLPOOL Defined for Kids
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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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