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spiralling

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S P AY1 R AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Movement in a spiral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1949-1950, Theodore Roethke, In the Bush of her Bones Dear witch, dear devious dove, I halfway know / The meaning of these giddy spirallings.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of spiral

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

Etymology

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