whirlabout

whirl·a·bout

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hwurl-uh-bout, wurl-]
- /ˈʰwɜrl əˌbaʊt, ˈwɜrl-/
- /ˈwɜː.lə.baʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwurl-uh-bout, wurl-]
- /ˈʰwɜrl əˌbaʊt, ˈwɜrl-/

Definitions of whirlabout word

noun whirlabout a whirling around in a circle. 1
noun whirlabout a whirligig. 1
adjective whirlabout whirling around. 1
noun whirlabout A fairground carousel. 1
noun whirlabout anything that whirls around; whirligig 0
noun whirlabout the act or an instance of whirling around 0

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Origin of whirlabout

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95; whirl + about

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Parts of speech for Whirlabout

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Whirlabout

whirlabout popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

whirlabout usage trend in Literature

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