- Plunge (Substantives), dip, dive, ducking, header.
- Curvilinear motion.
- Motion in a continued circle.
- Motion in a reverse circle.
- Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.
(Phrases). Skip and jump; hop, skip and a jump.
Kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buck-jumper.
(Verbs). To plunge, dip, souse, duck, dive, plump, plop, submerge, submerse, squash, douse, sink, engulf.
Circuition (Substantives), turn, wind, circuit, curvet, detour, excursion, circumbendibus, circumvention, circumnavigation, north-west passage, circulation.
Turning, winding, twist, twisting, wrench, evolution, twining, coil, circumambulation, meandering.
(Verbs). To turn, bend, wheel, put about, heel, switch, go round, or round about, circumambulate, turn a corner, double a point, wind, whisk, twirl, twist, twill, raddle.
(Phrases). To lead a pretty dance; to go the round.
(Adjectives). Turning, etc., circuitous, circumforaneous, circumfluent.
(Adverb). Round about.
Rotation (Substantives), revolution, gyration, roll, circumrotation, circumgyration, gurgitation, pirouette, circumvolution, convolution, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, cyclone, anticyclone, tornado, surge, a dizzy round, maelstrom, Charybdis.
A wheel, screw, reel, whirligig, rolling stone, windmill, top, teetotum, merry - go - round, roundabout, gyroscope, gyrostat.
Axis, spindle, pivot, pin, hinge, pole, swivel, gimbals.
(Verbs). To rotate, roll, revolve, spin, turn, turn round, circumvolve, circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, reel, whirl, twirl, thrum, trundle, troll, twiddle, bowl, roll up, furl, wallow, welter.
(Phrases). To box the compass; to spin like a top.
(Adjectives). Rotating, etc., rotatory, rotary, circumrotatory, trochoid, vortiginous, vortical, gyratory.
(Adverbs). Head over heels; clockwise, with the sun, deiseal (or deisil); counter-clockwise, against the sun, withershins (or widdershins).
Evolution (Substantives), unfolding, etc., development, introversion, reversion, eversion.
(Verbs). To evolve, unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, develop, introvert, reverse.
(Adjectives). Evolving, evolved, etc.
(Adverbs). Against.
Oscillation (Substantives), vibration, undulation, pulsation, pulse, systole, diastole, libration, nutation, swing, beat, shake, see-saw, going and coming, wag, evolution, vibratiuncle; vibratility.
Fluctuation, vacillation, dance, lurch, dodge, rolling, pitching, tossing, etc.