Usually means: Moving in a circular pattern.
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  1. swirling: Merriam-Webster
  2. swirling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. swirling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Swirling, swirling: Wordnik
  5. swirling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. swirling: Wiktionary
  7. swirling: Dictionary.com
  8. swirling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Swirling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. swirling: Rhymezone
  11. Swirling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. swirling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. swirling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. swirling: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (swirling)

▸ adjective:  that swirls
▸ noun:  A pattern or motion that swirls.

Similar:
whirling, moving, whirly, awhirl, whirlsome, twirly, gyratory, whirring, self-twisting, whizzing, more...

Opposite:
still, calm, quiet, motionless

Types:
eddy, whirlpool, vortex, tornado, hurricane, cyclone, more...

Phrases:
swirling water, swirling current, swirling vapor, swirling smoke, swirling flow, more...

Adjectives:
gentle, occasional, constant, vigorous, continuous, frequent, great, current, rapid, periodic, turbulent

Colors:
    turquoise,     lavender,     coral,     emerald,     sapphire, more...



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Similar:
whirling, moving, whirly, awhirl, whirlsome, twirly, gyratory, whirring, self-twisting, whizzing, more...

Opposite:
still, calm, quiet, motionless

Types:
eddy, whirlpool, vortex, tornado, hurricane, cyclone, more...

Phrases:
swirling water, swirling current, swirling vapor, swirling smoke, swirling flow, fast swirling, more...

Adjectives:
gentle, occasional, constant, vigorous, continuous, frequent, great, current, rapid, periodic, turbulent

Colors:
    turquoise,     lavender,     coral,     emerald,     sapphire, more...



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