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| Main Entry: | whirlpool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spinning water |
| Synonyms: | eddy, maelstrom, stir, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, whirl |
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick and busy activity |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, flurry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly-burly*, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | laziness, relaxation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spa |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resort |
| Synonyms: | fat farm*, health club, hot spring*, hotel, lodge, whirlpool, day spa, health facility, holiday spot, mineral spring resort, sanitarium, sauna |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around |
| Synonyms: | agitate, boil, churn, coil, crimp, crisp, curl, eddy, roil, roll, snake, surge, twirl, whirl, whirlpool, whorl, wriggle, purl, swoosh |
| Main Entry: | tide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow, current |
| Synonyms: | course, direction, drag, drift, ebb, eddy, flood, flux, movement, race, run, rush, sluice, spate, stream, tendency, torrent, trend, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, wave, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | whorl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spiral |
| Synonyms: | coil, curl, eddy, swirl, twirl, twist, vortex, whirlpool, corkscrew, helix |
| Main Entry: | hot tub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | steam bath |
| Synonyms: | whirlpool, whirlpool bath, Jacuzzi, Jacuzzi [tm], plunge bath, sauna, sauna bath |
| Main Entry: | gulf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sea inlet |
| Synonyms: | basin, bay, bayou, bight, cove, harbor, sound, whirlpool, firth, slough |
| Main Entry: | whirl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spin, revolution |
| Synonyms: | circle, circuit, circulation, flurry, reel, roll, rotation, round, surge, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whir, whirlpool, circumvolution, gyration, gyre, pirouette |
| Main Entry: | gulf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep, gaping hole |
| Synonyms: | abyss, breach, cave, cavity, chasm, cleft, crevasse, depth, distance, expanse, gap, gulch, hiatus, hollow, opening, pit, ravine, rent, rift, separation, shaft, split, void, well, whirlpool, depths |
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