whirlpool
(hwɜːʳlpuːl )
Word forms: whirlpools
1. countable noun
A whirlpool is a small area in a river or the sea where the water is moving quickly round and round, so that objects floating near it are pulled into its centre.
2. countable noun [usually singular, with supplement, usually NOUN of noun]
You can describe a situation in which a lot of unpleasant or complicated things are happening, and from which it is very difficult to escape, as a whirlpool.
They felt they were being sucked into a whirlpool of publicity.
She became caught in a whirlpool of hate.
3. countable noun [usually NOUN noun]
A whirlpool bath or a whirlpool is a bath that is specially designed so that the water moves round and round.
...a luxurious whirlpool bath with gold taps.
There's also an outdoor whirlpool.
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Translations:
Chinese: 漩涡
Japanese: 渦
- intensity
- intensity of emotion
- intensive
- -intensive
- intensive agriculture
- intensive care
- intensive-care bed
- intensive care unit
- intensive course
- intensive discussions
- intensive effort
- intensive energy
- intensive exercise
- intensive farm
- intensive intervention
- intensive investigation
- intensively
- intensive methods
- intensive negotiations
- intensive operation
- intensive period of
- intensive programme
- intensive rehabilitation
- intensive research
- intensive scrutiny