Found 3 items, similar to whirlpool.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: whirlpool pusaran air
English → English (WordNet) Definition: whirlpool whirlpool n : a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) [syn: vortex, maelstrom] v : flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, swirl, whirl]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Whirlpool Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called ``bal[ae]n[ae],'' take up in length as much as four . . . arpents of land. --Holland. [1913 Webster]