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eddy

noun

the river was smooth apart from the small eddies at the edge:

swirl, whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom;

countercurrent, counterflow;

North American, informal suckhole;

literary Charybdis.

verb

cold air eddied around her:

swirl, whirl, spiral, wind, churn, swish, circulate, revolve, spin, twist;

flow, ripple, stream, surge, seethe, billow, foam, froth, boil, ferment.

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