eddies
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noun
a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.
the current was forming foam-lipped eddies along the bank
swirl,whirlpool,vortex,maelstrom,countercurrent,counterflow,suckhole,Charybdis
verb
(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.
the mists from the river eddied round the banks
swirl,whirl,spiral,wind,churn,swish,circulate,revolve,spin,twist,flow,ripple,stream,surge,seethe,billow,foam,froth,boil,ferment