whirlwind

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whirlwind/ˈwɜːlwɪnd/

▶noun

• 1 a column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape.

• 2 a very energetic or tumultuous person or process: a whirlwind of activity.

  ■ [as modifier] very rapid and unexpected: a whirlwind romance.

– phrases
(sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one's actions. [with biblical allusion to Hos. 8:7.]