eddy

Meanings

Noun

  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • A circular current; a whirlpool.

Verb

  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

Origin

  • From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- + ēa, equivalent to ed- + ea.

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