whirlwind

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Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind guide
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion
A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward

Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.

{n} a stormy wind moving circularly
A body of objects sweeping violently onward
A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal. He got married after a whirlwind romance. a whirlwind tour of France. a whirlwind situation or event happens very quickly
You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as a whirlwind. I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity
A body of objects or events sweeping violently onward
A whirlwind is a tall column of air which spins round and round very fast and moves across the land or sea
{s} similar to a whirlwind; tumultuous
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air
It usually has a rapid progressive motion
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
Fig
{i} twister, tornado, storm; something happening in a fast or confusing manner; something destructive; extremely energetic person, tumultuous person
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to him
whirlwind.
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A whirlwind
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reap the whirlwind
have very troublesome problems or suffer serious consequences due to one's actions done in the past
sow the wind and to reap the whirlwind
start something small and end up with a major result
sow wind and reap whirlwind
start something small and end up with a major result
whirlwinds
plural of whirlwind
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