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noun

plural of eddy
as in swirls
a circular movement of air or water The boat was caught in a powerful eddy.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of eddy
as in ripples

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Recent Examples of eddies
Noun
In a river, water slows down by the bank due to friction, and the velocity mismatches can produce vortices or eddies. — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 The drive traverses the Bear River Mountains (a northern branch of the Wasatch), passing aspen groves, limestone cliffs, and the whitewater eddies of the Logan River along the way. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026 Tzikas pointed to the San Juan Rapids, Clay Banks and Sailor Bar areas as those with stronger currents and eddies that can throw individuals from their rafts and paddleboards or submerge them before shooting them rapidly downstream. — Reeti Malhotra july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 Convection involves turbulent eddies of warm air rising from the ground into the atmosphere above, and latent heat involves the absorption or release of energy from a phase change without the temperature changing. — Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Dull says that the redesign will eliminate eddies inside the dam, increasing efficiency and saving the lives of juvenile salmon who might get stuck inside. — D. Hunter Reardon, USA Today, 3 June 2026 That uses the aerodisc wheels, each machined from a single piece of aluminum and designed to minimize range-sapping eddies and wakes by funneling the air like a turbine. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026 Curved roof eaves meanwhile prevent eddies — swirling pockets of air — from producing more localized snow drifts. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 The cloudiness will be especially noticeable Tuesday through Thursday due to minor coastal eddies that will help push the moisture onto local beaches and into canyons and foothills off to the east. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddies
  1. swirls
  2. ripples
  3. reels
  4. bubbles
  5. spins
  6. trickles
Noun
  • Such a beautiful sculpture, mimicking the swirls found in nature (the cosmos, shells, Fibonacci-following topiary) felt a far cry from the swirl of emotions prompted by my favorite TV shows.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Definition of swirls
Verb
  • One of the more surreal responses to that experience is applause, which ripples through the audience of Paranormal Activity a beat after all the major scares, like rain settling in after a peal of thunder.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • David Powell, Ethara’s chief portfolio and strategy officer, tells Fortune the race is Abu Dhabi’s version of the Super Bowl, a single weekend that ripples through the economy by driving tourism, hospitality spend and temporary employment.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of ripples
Noun
  • Mohanad Yaqubi’s Revolutionaries Never Die, taking its cue from 113 reels of films preserved by Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab, will also compete.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Suddenly Hammer sat within a framework of entities — formally announced as John Gore Studios in early 2025 — that could give its dusty reels a makeover and get them out into the open.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reels
Verb
  • This is the antithetical froth that bubbles up in their wake, and it is never left completely behind.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But the gas that’s released in larger quantities is methane, which forms underwater as plants and algae break down and then bubbles to the surface.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bubbles
Noun
  • There were plenty of new spins on his famous baker boy cap showcased like art objects in a striking Plexiglas installation in an art gallery opposite Le Bristol, plus numerous other variations on other headgear in his spring 2027 lineup.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers placed them inside YbSb₂ and watched how their spins changed as the material crossed into its superconducting state.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of spins
Verb
  • The price increase trickles down to all goods sold across the economy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Your main leaders have to embody what the business stands for because whatever happens at the top eventually trickles down to the customer.
    — Tiffany Loe, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of trickles

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“Eddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddies. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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