Definition of Whirlwind

Whirlwind

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.

Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

Related Definitions:

Air, An, As, Body, By, Center, Characterized, Current, Extent, Fig, Has, In, Inward, It, Limited, Motion, Of, Onward, Progressive, Rapid, Spiral, Sweeping, The, Tornado, Upward, Violent, Violently, Vortex, Windstorm, With

Whirlwind Quotations

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
Frederick Douglass

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
Marcus Garvey

They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life.
Black Elk

There's a lot of reflection that goes on whenever I write a song - it's been a wild whirlwind last couple of years and there's a lot to talk about, and hopefully that's evident in the music.
Nick Lachey

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.
Anne Rice

Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind.
Terrence Howard

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.
Carol Vorderman

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
Iris Chang

The three years following the release of See The Light were a whirlwind.
Jeff Healey

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.
Nancy Kerrigan

They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.
Arthur Harris

More Whirlwind Quotations

Whirlwind Translations

whirlwind in French is tourbillon
whirlwind in German is Wirbelwind, Wirbelsturm, Wirbelwind
whirlwind in Italian is turbine

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.