whirly

adj

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.”

noun

1. A snowy whirlwind in the Antarctic.