[whirl.pool] n (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 ~ 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