whirly
nounEtymology From whirl + -y.
1
A snowy whirlwind in the Antarctic.
whirly
adjEtymology From whirl + -y.
1
Informal Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.
- The whirly pattern on the wallpaper.
2
Informal That moves in a whirling motion.
- The whirly blades on top of a helicopter.
- He was studying this brolga dance which was being performed with the accompaniment of a whirly haze of dust sprayed from the rusty wrecks of car bodies strewn over the flats behind them.2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 101:
- Derived terms
- whirly-bone, whirly tube, whirly-wind