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Spiralling

noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    in the shape of a coil wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Movement in a spiral.

    "c. 1949-1950, Theodore Roethke, In the Bush of her Bones Dear witch, dear devious dove, I halfway know / The meaning of these giddy spirallings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spiral UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Speaking to Parliament on March 23, Sunak announced a temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre to hard-pressed motorists who have faced spiralling prices for diesel and petrol in recent weeks."

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