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Definitions for Whirlwind

[1] any of several relatively small masses of air rotating rapidly around a more or less vertical axis and advancing simultaneously over land or sea, as a dust devil, tornado, or waterspout.
[2] anything resembling a whirlwind, as in violent action or destructive force.
[3] any circling rush or violent onward course.
[4] like a whirlwind, as in speed or force: a whirlwind visit to New York.
[5] to move or travel quickly.
[6] reap the whirlwind , to suffer the penalties for one's misdeeds. Hos. 8:7.
[7] a column of air whirling around and towards a more or less vertical axis of low pressure, which moves along the land or ocean surface
[8] a motion or course resembling this, esp in rapidity (as modifier ) a whirlwind romance
[9] an impetuously active person

Words related to Whirlwind

short, tornado, hurricane, rash, lightning, rapid, quick, swift, hasty, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, speedy, cyclonic

Words nearby Whirlwind

whirligig, whirligig beetle, whirling dervish, whirlpool, whirlpool bath, whirlwind, whirly, whirlybird, whirr, whirry, whish

Origin of Whirlwind

1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse hvirfilvindr; cognate with German Wirbelwind

Synonyms for Whirlwind

hurricane, lightning, quick, rapid, rash, short, swift, tornado, cyclonic, hasty, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, speedy