how to pronounce whirlwind

/ˈwɜːl.wɪnd/

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whirlwind is pronounced in two syllables

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ɜː

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An example use of whirlwind in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… well that is it for a whirlwind trip to …”

meaning of whirlwind

A whirlwind is a violent wind that is rotating around a central point.

whirlwind frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word whirlwind occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics whirlwind can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that whirlwind can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;