whirling

1. Revolving, rotating, turning rapidly.

   a whirling carousel; whirling dancers

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   The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

   1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid

plural whirlings

1. countableuncountableA swift or rapid turning or rotation; a circling movement.
2. UScountableuncommonuncountablecriminologyAn organized attack where a group of people, usually teenagers, surround and attack women, with sudden physical assaults or harassment.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of whirl