1 a very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage
2 a situation or series of events where a lot of things happen very quickly:
To recover from the divorce, I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities.
adjective [onlybeforenoun] happening very fast:
a whirlwind romance * a whirlwind tour of America
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