[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whirl \whirl\, v. t. imp.  p. p. whirled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   whirling. oe. whirlen, probably from the scand.; cf.
   icel.  sw. hvirfla, dan. hvirvle; akin to d. wervelen, g.
   wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in icel. hverfa to turn.
   root16. see wharf, and cf. warble, whorl.
   1913 webster
   1. to turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
      to make to revolve.
      1913 webster

            he whirls his sword around without delay. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
      motion; to snatch; to harry. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            see, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,
            that whirled the prophet up at chebar flood.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            the passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
            folly.                                --tennyson.
      1913 webster
see also:
whirled whirling wharf warble whorl 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whirling \whirl"ing\,
   a.  n. from whirl, v. t.
   1913 webster

   whirling table.
   a physics an apparatus provided with one or more
       revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other
       attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of
       centrifugal force, and the like.
   b a potter's wheel.
       1913 webster
see also:
whirl whirling table 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whirling
     adj 1: moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a
            tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents" syn: swirling
     2: rotating rapidly about an axis; "a spinning top"; "the
        whirling dance of the dervish" syn: spinning
     n : the act of rotating in a circle or spiral syn: gyration
see also:
swirling spinning gyration 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 moby thesaurus words for "whirling":
   angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, axial motion,
   bowling, centrifugation, circulation, circumgyration,
   circumrotation, full circle, gyrating, gyration, pivoting, reeling,
   revolution, revolving, roll, rolling, rotating, rotation,
   rotational motion, spin, spinning, swinging, swirling, swiveling,
   trolling, trundling, turbination, turning, twirling, volutation,
   volution, wheeling, whir

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