Meaning & use
Whirling
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Turning or spinning rapidly around a central point.
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The dancers went whirling across the ballroom floor.
A whirling cloud of dust followed the truck down the dirt road.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'dervish,' as in 'whirling dervish,' referring to practitioners of a Sufi spinning dance.
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