| n. | 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. |
| 2. | A sea monster of the whale kind. |
| Noun | 1. | whirlpool - a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) |
| Verb | 1. | whirlpool - flow in a circular current, of liquids |