Meanings
whirlpooling1
- uncountableThe action of liquid swirling around, forming a whirlpool.
It makes no sense to say that the whirlpool is “here” and the ocean “there.” Whirlpooling is a feature of the ocean.
2020, Seth Zuihō Segall, Buddhism and Human Flourishing: A Modern Western Perspective, page 121 - uncountableThe assault, undressing and groping of a woman by men in an aquatic setting.
"In dozens of separate 'whirlpooling' incidents, groups of teenage boys surrounded a girl in the water, tore off her swimsuit top and then grabbed her breasts."
2007, Jeff Wiltse, Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, The University of North Carolina Press, page 212 - uncountablebeveragesA method of separating the trub from the wort, involving centrifugal force.
whirlpooling2
- participlepresentpresent participle of whirlpool
Origin
whirlpooling · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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