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whirly
adj 2noun 1
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2WHIRLY + NOUN
blades, dust, haze, pattern
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on
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adj
1
Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.
The whirly pattern on the wallpaper.
2
That moves in a whirling motion.
The whirly blades on top of a helicopter.
He was studying this brolga dance which was being performed with the accompaniment of a whirly haze of dust sprayed from the rusty wrecks of car bodies strewn over the flats behind them.
noun
1
A snowy whirlwind in the Antarctic.
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The whirly pattern on the wallpaper.
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The whirly blades on top of a helicopter.
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He was studying this brolga dance which was being performed with the accompaniment of a whirly haze of dust sprayed from the rusty wrecks of car bodies strewn over the flats behind them.
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