n.
Pronunciation: ' hw ə r(- ə )l- ˌ pül, ' w ə r(- ə )l-
Function: noun
Date: 1529
1 a : a confused tumult and bustle : WHIRL b : a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed <refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue ― A. D. White>
2 a : water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn : EDDY , VORTEX b : WHIRLPOOL BATH