whirlpool
noun
- water in rapid, violent, whirling motion caused by two meeting currents, by winds meeting tides, etc. and tending to form a circle into which floating objects are drawn; vortex or eddy of water
- anything like a whirlpool, as in violent motion
- ☆ a bath, as used in hydrotherapy, in which an agitating device propels a current of warm water with a swirling motion
See whirlpool in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hwûrlˈpo͞olˌ, wûrlˈ-)
noun- A rapidly rotating current of water; a vortex.
a. Turmoil; whirl.
b. A magnetic, impelling force into which one may be pulled.
- A bathtub or pool having jets of warm water that can be directed toward a body part as for therapeutic purposes.
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