Synonyms of spiraling

Verb


1. gyrate, spiral, coil, turn

usage: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

2. spiral, wind, twist, curve

usage: form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"

3. corkscrew, spiral, turn

usage: move in a spiral or zigzag course

Adjective


1. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate, coiled (vs. uncoiled)

usage: in the shape of a coil

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