Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

whirlpool

whirl.pool \'hw*r(-*)l-.pu:l, 'w*r(-*)l-\ n 1: water moving rapidly in a 
   circle so as to produce a depression in the ce nter into which floating 
   objects may be drawn : EDDY, VORTEX 2a: a confused tumult and bustle  2b: a 
   magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed