English-French translations for whirlpool

• gouffre
• tourbillon
  Mais la situation devient sérieuse lorsque l'entreprise n'est plus qu'une bulle d'air dans le tourbillon spéculatif. But the position is serious when enterprise becomes the bubble on a whirlpool of speculation.

Definition of whirlpool

• A swirling body of water
• A hot tub, jacuzzi
• Turmoil, or agitated excitement
• To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool

Examples

• A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.

Related words

• Whirlpool Galaxy
• whirlpool bath
• hot whirlpool