whirlwind

[Whirl·wind`]

You can describe a tornado a swirling vortex of air as a powerful whirlwind, which is literally wind that whirls around in a narrow upright tube shape as it moves over the ground.

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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.

Noun
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth


n.
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.

n.
Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.


Whirlwind

Whirl"wind` , n. [Cf. Icel. hvirfilvindr, Sw. hvirfvelvind, Dan. hvirvelvind, G. wirbelwind. See Whirl, and Wind, n.] 1. 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.
The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods. And drowns the villages.
&hand; Some meteorologists apply the word whirlwind to the larger rotary storm also, such as cyclones. 2. Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward. "The whirlwind of hounds and hunters." Macaulay.

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.

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When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

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