Associations to the word «Whirlwind»
Noun
Verb
Wiktionary
WHIRLWIND, noun. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
WHIRLWIND, noun. (figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.
WHIRLWIND, adjective. Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind guide.
Dictionary definition
WHIRLWIND, noun. A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
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sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
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