whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom
(noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
(verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whirlpool (plural whirlpools)
A swirling body of water.
A hot tub, jacuzzi.
Turmoil, or agitated excitement.
whirlpool (third-person singular simple present whirlpools, present participle whirlpooling, simple past and past participle whirlpooled)
(intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool.
Source: Wiktionary
Whirl"pool`, n.
1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] Spenser. The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called "balænæ," take up in length as much as four . . . arpents of land. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
