whirlpool
pronunciation
How to pronounce whirlpool in British English:
UK [ˈwɜːlpuːl]
How to pronounce whirlpool in American English:
US [ˈwɜːrlpuːl]
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- Noun:
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
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- Verb:
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
Word Origin
- whirlpool (n.)
- 1520s, from whirl (v.) + pool (n.1). Old English had hwyrfepol and wirfelmere.
Example
- 1. The whirlpool appears reliably whenever we pull the plug .
- 2. It blooms into a tiny whirlpool , growing as if it were alive .
- 3. Whirlpool galaxy is astronomy photography star
- 4. The story went that this whirlpool could suck any ship down and grind it to splinters .
- 5. Ayatollah ali khamenei , iran 's supreme leader , says that america is " stuck in a whirlpool " and sinking deeper .