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• n  the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
• v  turn in a twisting or spinning motion
• v  cause to spin
• v  flow in a circular current, of liquids
• v  revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
• v  fly around

• Fifi dances to be watched and when she feels a pair of approving eyes on her, she swings her body ever so slowly, then gyrates faster and faster until she's whirling like an .
• I started whirling them over my head.
• Their whirling, exhausting, body-punishing stunt scenes tested an audience's credulity; surely real people were incapable of these athletic graces.

• gyration
• twirl
• swirl
• twiddle
• whirl
• birl
• spin
• eddy
• purl
• whirlpool
• spin around
• reel
• gyrate
• tumble
• whirl around

News & Articles

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• Hikers vie in lottery to visit The Wave, stunning rock formation in Arizona near Utah border
  VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. — Small wooden balls click rapidly in a whirling bingo basket, as 78 hikers wait to see if their numbers will roll out to win one of 10 permits to visit a rock formation known as The Wave.
  June 26, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• To visit The Wave in Arizona, win the lottery
  VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Small wooden balls click rapidly in a whirling bingo basket, as 78 hikers wait to see if their numbers will roll out to win one of 10 permits to visit a rock formation known as The Wave.
  June 25, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• To visit The Wave in Utah-Arizona, win the lottery
  VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Small wooden balls click rapidly in a whirling bingo basket, as 78 hikers wait to see if their numbers will roll out to win one of 10 permits to visit a rock formation known as The Wave.
  June 25, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Clint Hurdle in San Francisco Chronicle
  He's a throwback for Giant fans to Juan Marichal,Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said of the Hall of Famer. "He gets on top of the ball. He's like a whirling dervish out there. He's got some deception, he's got thump with the fastball. He's...
• Bob McKillop in BamaMag.com
  There had to be at least six shots that I have no idea how they went in,said McKillop. "They flat out made them, at the end of the third quarter, that 75-foot 3-pointer, the whirling dervish layups that went in off the glass. Every time we...
• Adam Seward in Wilmington Morning Star
  He's going to be out there flying around like a whirling dervish, just out there hitting everythingfellow linebacker Adam Seward said. "I'm excited to see him play."