WHIRLERS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word whirlers. (close relations)
Definition of WHIRLERS
Best Alternative Words for WHIRLERS
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cyclones | nounn | |||||||
noun • (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern • a violent rotating windstorm | ||||||||
eddies | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself • founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) verb • flow in a circular current, of liquids | ||||||||
spinners | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) • board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game • fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water | ||||||||
tornadoes | nounn | |||||||
noun • A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud. | ||||||||
twisters | nounn | |||||||
noun • a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground • small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts | ||||||||
vortices | nounn | |||||||
noun • A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. • Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. • Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. • A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it. • Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. | ||||||||
whirlwinds | nounn | |||||||
noun • a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth | ||||||||
whirling dervish | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling |