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- Dictionaryspiralling/ˈspʌɪrəlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having or forming a spiral shape: "the office's most eye-catching feature is the grand spiralling staircase"
- 2. showing a continuous and dramatic increase: "spiralling property prices are making the city increasingly unattractive"
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(Definition of spiralling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spiralling. spiralling. By 1988 the monetary indicators were spiralling out of control. From the Cambridge English Corpus. However, spiralling wage demands, growing unrest and strikes continued.
(Definition of spiralling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spiralling. spiralling. She made a delicate spiralling gesture in her palm with the tip of her index finger. From The New Yorker.
a situation in which a price, etc. becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another: This year's downward spiral of house prices has depressed the market. See more.
A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix. c. Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke. 2. Printing A spiral binding. 3. The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis. 4.
Whichever way he looked at it, he was caught in circumstances that seemed to be constantly spiralling out of control.
1. a. : the path of a point in a plane moving around a central point while continuously receding from or approaching it. b. : a three-dimensional curve (such as a helix) with one or more turns about an axis. 2. : a single turn or coil in a spiral object. 3. : something having a spiral form as:
The word 'spiralling' is correct and usable in written English. It means 'increasing rapidly and uncontrollably, often in a downward direction'. You can use it when referring to a situation that is quickly and drastically escalating or falling apart.
