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Definitions: Whirlpool |
WhirlpoolNoun1. A powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides). Verb1. Flow in a circular current, of liquids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "whirlpool" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | Degradation area or hole gouged out below a structure, where streambed scouring takes place. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a whirlpool, denotes that great danger is imminent in your business, and, unless you are extremely careful, your reputation will be seriously blackened by some disgraceful intrigue. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Geography | A violent circular eddy in the sea, produced by a powerful tidal current flowing through an irregular channel, or by the meeting of 2 currents. . Source: European Union. (references) |
| An eddy of large diameter and high velocity, such as caused by the main stream of a large river, running approximately at right angles across the end of a spur, which may be above water, submerged, or partly submerged. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonyms: WhirlpoolSynonyms: maelstrom (n), vortex (n), eddy (v), purl (v), swirl (v), whirl (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage; tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex; whirlwind; (wind). |
River | Body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash; spring tide, high tide, full tide; bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre; fresh, freshet; indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation. |
Rotation | Verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Whirlpool |
| English words defined with "whirlpool": Charybdis ♦ Eddy ♦ Gurge ♦ Jacuzzi ♦ Scylla ♦ twist ♦ Weel, Whirlpit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "whirlpool": commercial at ♦ DIMPLE ♦ Lagoon, Leaves, Long Words ♦ physiotherapis ♦ Whale, Whirlpool, whirlpool bath. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "whirlpool": Gorce ♦ maelstrom ♦ Whirlpit. (references) |
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Lyrics | Got a little whirlpool just made for ten, ("All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"; performing artist: Hank Williams Jr.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Whirlpool (1970) Franchesca's Sexual Whirlpool (1967) Whirlpool (1959) Love's Whirlpool (1924) The Whirlpool (1918) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : Leg whirlpool in use for leg and knee injuries.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Hydrotherapy : Nurse with patient who has leg in whirlpool.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Leaping into the whirlpool.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Niagara Gorge with Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge and Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Whirlpool rapids.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It could have been prevented in my belief without the firing of a single shot, and Germany might be powerful, prosperous and honored to-day; but no one would listen and one by one we were all sucked into the awful whirlpool. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Health | Joan found that whirlpool and yoga baths helped her relax. (references) | |
Outbreaks of legionellosis have occurred after persons have breathed mists that come from a water source (e.g., air conditioning cooling towers, whirlpool spas, showers) contaminated with Legionella bacteria. (references) | ||
However, the bacteria reproduce to high numbers in warm, stagnant water (90-105 F), such as that found in certain plumbing systems and hot water tanks, cooling towers and evaporative condensers of large air-conditioning systems, and whirlpool spas. Cases of legionellosis have been identified throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. (references) | ||
Economic History | Slovak Rep | Important U.S. investors include USX (U.S. Steel), Emerson Electric, Philip Morris, Whirlpool, Johnson Controls, ON Semiconductor (formerly Motorola), Delphi Automotive, Citibank, and IBM. (references) |
India | Some of the major U.S. companies which are slowly spreading to these small cities include: GE Medical Systems, Johnson Controls, John Deere, Whirlpool, Frito Lay, Parametric Technology Solutions, Lucent Technologies, Cirrus Logic, Amphenol Amphetronix, AT&T, BPL US WEST, Babcox & Wilcox Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Kimberley-Clark, Johnson Wax, and Schentedy Chemicals in Pune; Colgate Palmolive in Aurangabad; Elbee-UPS Courier in Nagpur; General Motors in Vadodara; Proctor & Gamble in Mandideep, near Indore. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Whirlpool" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Whirlpool" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.33% | 84 | 36,109 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Whirlpool Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "whirlpool": voracious whirlpool ♦ whirlpool bath. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
whirlpool | 4,022 | whirlpool galaxy | 67 |
whirlpool appliance | 776 | whirlpool dryer | 65 |
whirlpool tub | 729 | whirlpool corporation | 63 |
whirlpool refrigerator | 456 | jacuzzi whirlpool bath | 59 |
whirlpool part | 385 | whirlpool canada | 53 |
whirlpool bath tub | 359 | aquatic whirlpool | 49 |
whirlpool washer | 269 | acrylic whirlpool tub | 47 |
whirlpool air conditioner | 246 | whirlpool range | 47 |
whirlpool bath | 241 | whirlpool gold | 46 |
whirlpool dishwasher | 174 | whirlpool spa | 44 |
duet whirlpool | 160 | whirlpool corp | 41 |
whirlpool dehumidifier | 114 | whirlpool dishwasher part | 41 |
whirlpool washing machine | 107 | whirlpool oven part | 39 |
jacuzzi whirlpool | 86 | whirlpool oven | 39 |
whirlpool appliance part | 83 | whirlpool stove | 38 |
whirlpool microwave | 81 | whirlpool washer and dryer | 37 |
whirlpool dryer part | 76 | whirlpool water heater | 35 |
whirlpool refrigerator part | 73 | whirlpool repair | 32 |
whirlpool washer part | 69 | whirlpool dryer repair | 32 |
whirlpool dryers | 68 | whirlpool water filter | 32 |
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| Language | Translations for "whirlpool"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vorbull uji (waterspout), vorbull (Eddy, merry go round, swirl, vortex), shtjellë (Eddy, reel, swirl, vortex), gjeratore (gulf, maelstrom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دوامة (eddy, gulf, swirl, vortex, whirl), دردور (eddy, gulf, vortex, votaress, whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | въртоп, водовъртеж (caldron, cauldron, gulf, maelstrom, purl, vertiginous current, vortex, whirligig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 旋涡, 渦 (eddy, name of a river), 洵 (truly), 洄 (eddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vodní vír. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | whirlpool, malstroem, hvirvelstroem (eddy, eddy current, eddy currents, vortex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | whirlpool, draaikolk (eddy, vortex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چرخش اب , گرداب (Gourd, Gulf, Vortex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyörre (eddy, vortex, whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tourbillon (whirl, whirlpools, whirlwind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Strudel (eddy, maelstrom, strudel, swirl, vortex, whirl, whirlpools), Wirbel (catch, cowlick, crown, eddies, Eddy, frenzy, peg, pirouette, roll, swirl, to-do, turmoil, vertebra, vertebrae, vortex, vortices, whirl, whirlwind, whorl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρουφήχτρα, δίνη (eddy, maelstrom, swirl, vortex, whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מערבולת (swirl, turbulence, vortex), ג'אקוזי (jaccusy), בלועה (gulf, sink hole, vortex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | örvény (boil, depths, eddy, gourd, gulf, maelstrom, setback, swirl, vortex, whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pusaran air (eddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vortice (Eddy, gulf, maelstrom, swirl, vortex, whirl, whirlpools). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 渦巻き (coil, eddy), 渦巻 (coil, eddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うずまき (coil, eddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 소용돌이 (swirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sluggid (glottis, weasand), sluggan, poyll sluggee (vortex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irlpoolwhay voragem (vortex, yawn), vórtice (abyss, gulf, vortex, whirl), turbilhão (Eddy, maelstrom, swirl, turmoil, vortex, whirl), sorvedouro (abyss, chasm, drain, gulf, maelstrom, precipice, vortex, yawn), redemoinho de água, redemoinho (Eddy, maelstrom, rip, swirl, vortex, whirl), hidromassagem, "whirlpool". (various references) volburã (Eddy, gulf, whirl, whirlwind), vârtej de apã (waterspout), vâltoare (Eddy, vortex), sorb, bulboanã (Eddy, vortex). (various references) водоворот (eddy, gulf, maelstrom, swirl, vortex). (various references) cuairteag. (various references) vrtlog (eddy, maelstrom, vortex, whirl), vir (vortex), kovitlac. (various references) torbellino (maelstrom, swirl, whirl, whirlpools, whirlwind), remolino (boil, cowlick, Eddy, maelstrom, swirl, whirl). (various references) strömvirvel. (various references) girdap (Eddy, gulf, purl, suck, swirl, twist, vortex), anafor (Eddy, gulf, suck, swirl, vortex). (various references) gipdal. (various references) коловорот (angle-brace, brace, brog, capstan, hand-brace, hauler, pulley, vortex, whim, whirl, zodiac), водоверть. (various references) xoáy nước. (various references) trobwll, mo+r-gerwyn (abyss, vortex), corbwll (puddle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | dalhamun. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | charybdis, gurges, gurgites, gurgitibus, gurgitum, turbo, vertice, verticem, vertices, verticibus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | golfe. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "whirlpool": whirlpools. (additional references) | |
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"Whirlpool" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: whirpool, wrirlpool. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "whirlpool" (pronounced wer"lpuw'l or hwer"lpuw'l) |
| 3 | -p uw' l | carpool, cesspool. |
| 3 | -p uw' l | carpool, cesspool. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-l-l-o-o-p-r-w" | |
-3 letters: hollow, pillow. | |
-4 letters: hillo, hollo, orlop, polio, poori, prill, prowl, whirl, whoop, whorl. | |
-5 letters: hill, holp, hoop, howl, loop, olio, pill, plow, poll, polo, pooh, pool, poor, prow, rill, roil, roll, whip, whir, whop, will, wool. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-l-l-o-o-p-r-w" | |
+1 letter: whirlpools. | |
+3 letters: followership, whippoorwill. | |
+4 letters: followerships, whippoorwills. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 68 69 72 6C 70 6F 6F 6C |
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