tour|bil|lion

tour|bil|lion
tour|bil|lion «tur BIHL yuhn», noun.
1. a kind of firework that spins in a spiral as it rises.
2. a whirling mass or system; vortex.
3. = whirlwind. (Cf.whirlwind)
[alteration of Middle English turbilloun < Old French torbillon, apparently < Latin turbō, -inis whirlwind]

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