Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An American hesperiid butterfly, Thymelicus brettus, occurring along the coast from Connecticut to Mexico.
- n. Something that whirls with velocity; a whirligig.
- n. A great fish of the whale kind; a whirl-whale.
Wiktionary
- n. A fairground carousel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.
Etymologies
- whirl + about (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And yet the sudden whirlabout to all her thoughts and habits and ways, was very confusing.”
“Don't look at those whirlabout sails, but come let us go and see the house of Peter the Great, which was the chief object of our visit to this place.”
“Grundy, meanwhile, is in a state of complete whirlabout.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whirlabout’.
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butterflies, moths etc
harlequin metalmark, policeman, razorbill, common evening Brown, large blue, little bride unde..., little nymph unde..., plain golden Y, common mormon, skullcap skeleton..., Beautiful Golden Y, uncertain owlet and 170 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
strewth, curple, speshly, ugly tree, whupping, nar'n, swain, sneezeweed, sciencey, snarleyyow, jackpudding, squanch and 304 more...
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A Peckerwick of Fiffoldry
fogray, whalesong, solregn, shoecabbage, thorn-bush, thistledown, pomander, thornbush, dreamy duskywing, sedge, unbunting-like, quilp and 119 more...
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Love
A general collection of the sort of words that make me happy when I hear or read them in everyday conversation and writing.
velleities, discombobulated, boggle, breathtaking, enchanting, siren, luscious, moment, fiasco, delirium, darling, ethereal and 215 more...
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Poetic Butterfly Names
Order Lepidoptera. I've always been fascinated by the poetic beauty of common butterfly names.
tawny emperor, whirlabout, many-spotted skip..., common streaky-sk..., confused cloudywing, sickle-winged ski..., frosted flasher, broken silverdrop, blackened bluewing, painted lady, rockslide checker..., queen of spain fr... and 34 more...
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