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Word: whirlwind (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Rapid and minimal: ''a whirlwind tour'', ''a whirlwind guide''.

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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.
  • figuratively A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.

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