[ UK /wˈɜːlpuːl/ ]
[ US /ˈhwɝɫˌpuɫ, ˈwɝɫˌpuɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
VERB
  1. flow in a circular current, of liquids
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How To Use whirlpool In A Sentence

  • The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
  • With the floor of the channel shallowing from 200 metres to 60 metres and at the same time a rock pinnacle, like a finger, rising up from the sea bed to 29 metres from the surface, there is no surprise that the whirlpool was once described as a 'conflux so dreadful that it spurns all description. Found While Looking for Something Else
  • As the water rose it eddied into whirlpools that threatened to sweep her away.
  • Local fishing crews had told him of the Lombok Strait's fiendishly shifting currents, vicious whirlpools, and unexpected waves far from shore.
  • Here you can ride the waves in the pool, have fun on the flumes and slides, take it easy in the hot whirlpool or simply put your feet up and read a book.
  • Now why cannot we have restaurants or bars with billiard rooms, dartboards, whirlpool and snooker tables?
  • And holiday homeowners also get their own country club with steam room, whirlpool bath, sauna and fitness room. The Sun
  • The frigate turned around glowing with jet engines, aimed at the center of the moveless Galaxy spiral whirlpool and started gaining speed.
  • Delays over her bathtub had occurred partly because the board prohibited whirlpool tubs, and partly because she had paused momentarily in revising her plans. Times, Sunday Times
  • Slightly off-centre, a constant whirlpool swirls and churns turbulently, sometimes spitting up a boiling fount.
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