Associations to the word «Swirling»

Wiktionary

SWIRL, noun. A whirling eddy.
SWIRL, noun. A twist or coil of something.
SWIRL, verb. (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
SWIRL, verb. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
SWIRL, verb. (figuratively) to circulate

Dictionary definition

SWIRL, noun. The shape of something rotating rapidly.
SWIRL, verb. Turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind".
SWIRL, verb. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats