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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɝlpul/ [General-American], /ˈhwɝlpul/ [General-American], /ˈwɜːlpuːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-whirlpool.ogg Forms: whirlpools [plural]
Etymology: From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit. Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*whirlpole}} Middle English *whirlpole, {{inh|en|ang|hwierfel|t=whirlpool}} Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”), {{inh|en|ang|hwierfepōl|t=whirlpool}} Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”), {{com|en|whirl|pool}} whirl + pool, {{cog|sco|quhirlepole}} Scots quhirlepole, {{m+|en|whirlpit}} English whirlpit, {{ncog|enm|gurges|t=whirlpool}} Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), {{ncog|la|gurges|t=whirlpool}} Latin gurges (“whirlpool”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whirlpool (plural whirlpools)
  1. A swirling body of water. Translations (swirling body of water): vorbull (Albanian), shtjellë (Albanian), gjeratore (Albanian), δίνη (dínē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἶλιγξ (îlinx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دَوَّامَة (dawwāma) [feminine] (Arabic), غمر (ḡamr) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ջրապտույտ (ǰraptuyt) (Armenian), հորձանուտ (horjanut) (Armenian), viro [masculine] (Aromanian), vãltoari [feminine] (Aromanian), вір (vir) [masculine] (Belarusian), водовъртеж (vodovǎrtež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), remolí (Catalan), 渦流 (Chinese Mandarin), 涡流 (wōliú) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (wō) (Chinese Mandarin), trobol [masculine] (Cornish), vír [masculine] (Czech), strømhvirvel [common-gender] (Danish), draaikolk (Dutch), akvokirlo (Esperanto), akvoturno (Esperanto), pyörre (Finnish), vesipyörre (Finnish), kurimus (Finnish), tourbillon [masculine] (French), remuíño [masculine] (Galician), rolleiro [masculine] (Galician), მორევი (morevi) (Georgian), Wirbel [masculine] (German), Strudel [masculine] (German), Stromschnelle (note: of a river) [feminine] (German), δίνη (díni) [feminine] (Greek), מְעַרְבֹּלֶת (ma'arbólet) [feminine] (Hebrew), जलघुमर (jalghumar) [masculine] (Hindi), örvény (Hungarian), aquovortico (Ido), vortice [masculine] (Italian), mulinello [masculine] (Italian), gorgo [masculine] (Italian), (uzu) (alt: うず) (Japanese), gurges [masculine] (Latin), vortex [masculine] (Latin), vertex [masculine] (Latin), Charybdis [masculine] (Latin), вител (vitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), вртеж (vrtež) [masculine] (Macedonian), вир (vir) [masculine] (Macedonian), водовртеж (vodovrtež) [masculine] (Macedonian), milgħuba [feminine] (Maltese), toiremi (Maori), kōmingomingo (Maori), kororipo (Maori), ripo (Maori), riporipo (Maori), kōripo (Maori), auripo (Maori), āwhiowhio (Maori), au (Maori), ririno (Maori), strømvirvel (Norwegian), گرداب (gerdâb) (Persian), ورطه (varte) (Persian), Wirbelstroom [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wir wodny [masculine] (Polish), redemoinho [masculine] (Portuguese), remoinho [masculine] (Portuguese), rodamoinho [masculine] (Portuguese), turbilhão [feminine] (Portuguese), vórtice [masculine] (Portuguese), sorvedouro [masculine] (Portuguese), voragem [feminine] (Portuguese), vâltoare [feminine] (Romanian), volbură [feminine] (Romanian), vârtej [neuter] (Romanian), водоворо́т (vodovorót) [masculine] (Russian), swelchie (Scots), coire [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), вртлог [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ковитлац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrtlog [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kovitlac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), remolino [masculine] (Spanish), vorágine (Spanish), strömvirvel [common-gender] (Swedish), సుడిగుండము (suḍiguṇḍamu) (Telugu), anafor (Turkish), burgaç (Turkish), вир (vyr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xoáy nước (Vietnamese), trobwll [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-whirlpool-en-noun-UzXNs27P Disambiguation of 'swirling body of water': 97 2 1
  2. A hot tub, jacuzzi. Categories (topical): Bathing, Water Categories (place): Bodies of water
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  3. A state of turmoil, or agitated excitement.
    Sense id: en-whirlpool-en-noun-B2O-pZ-A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: whirlpool galaxy

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈwɝlpul/ [General-American], /ˈhwɝlpul/ [General-American], /ˈwɜːlpuːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-whirlpool.ogg Forms: whirlpools [present, singular, third-person], whirlpooling [participle, present], whirlpooled [participle, past], whirlpooled [past]
Etymology: From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit. Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*whirlpole}} Middle English *whirlpole, {{inh|en|ang|hwierfel|t=whirlpool}} Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”), {{inh|en|ang|hwierfepōl|t=whirlpool}} Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”), {{com|en|whirl|pool}} whirl + pool, {{cog|sco|quhirlepole}} Scots quhirlepole, {{m+|en|whirlpit}} English whirlpit, {{ncog|enm|gurges|t=whirlpool}} Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), {{ncog|la|gurges|t=whirlpool}} Latin gurges (“whirlpool”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whirlpool (third-person singular simple present whirlpools, present participle whirlpooling, simple past and past participle whirlpooled)
  1. (intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: whirlpooling
    Sense id: en-whirlpool-en-verb-5dZMg1iP

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "whirlpool galaxy"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whirl",
        "3": "pool"
      },
      "expansion": "whirl + pool",
      "name": "com"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "quhirlepole"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots quhirlepole",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whirlpit"
      },
      "expansion": "English whirlpit",
      "name": "m+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gurges",
        "t": "whirlpool"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gurges",
        "t": "whirlpool"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gurges (“whirlpool”)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit.\nEclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "A swirling body of water."
      ],
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          "water"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "vorbull"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "shtjellë"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "gjeratore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dawwāma",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دَوَّامَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡamr",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "غمر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ǰraptuyt",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "ջրապտույտ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "horjanut",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "հորձանուտ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vãltoari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vir",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вір"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vodovǎrtež",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "водовъртеж"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "remolí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "渦流"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wōliú",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "涡流"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "渦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wō",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "涡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trobol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "strømhvirvel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "draaikolk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "akvokirlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "akvoturno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "pyörre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "vesipyörre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "kurimus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tourbillon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "remuíño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rolleiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "morevi",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "მორევი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wirbel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Strudel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "of a river",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Stromschnelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "díni",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "δίνη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "dínē",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "δίνη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "îlinx",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἶλιγξ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ma'arbólet",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מְעַרְבֹּלֶת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jalghumar",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "जलघुमर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "örvény"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "aquovortico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vortice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mulinello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gorgo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "alt": "うず",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "uzu",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "word": "渦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gurges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vortex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "swirling body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vertex"
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      "word": "redemoinho"
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      "word": "remoinho"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "rodamoinho"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "vórtice"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "swirling body of water",
      "word": "swelchie"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "swirling body of water",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "swirling body of water",
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      "word": "vorágine"
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "suḍiguṇḍamu",
      "sense": "swirling body of water",
      "word": "సుడిగుండము"
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      "word": "anafor"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "vyr",
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      "word": "вир"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "swirling body of water",
      "word": "xoáy nước"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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