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| whirl·wind [ wúrl wìnd, hwúrl wìnd ] (plural whirl·winds) |
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1. something happening or changing swiftly: something that happens very quickly, or a rapid succession of events
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often used before a noun
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  a whirlwind romance
a whirlwind visit
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2. something very destructive: something that has a terrible destructive force
swept up in the whirlwind of war
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3. meteorology spinning column of air: a column of air rotating rapidly around a core of low pressure
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| [14th century. < Old Norse hvirfilwindr] |
