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   Whirl·wind

   /ˈ(h)wərlˌwind/

   

   noun

   • 1. a column of air moving rapidly around and around in a cylindrical or funnel shape. Similar tornadohurricanetyphooncyclonetropical stormtropical cyclonevortexdust devilwaterspoutinformal:twisterwilly-willy
   • ▪ used in similes and metaphors to describe a very energetic or tumultuous person or process: "a whirlwind of activity" Similar bedlammadhousemayhemmaelstrombabelchaospandemoniumuproarturmoilturbulenceswirltumulthurly-burlycommotiondisorderjumbledisarrayconfusionseething masswelterinformal:all hell broken loosethree-ring circus

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