Spiral (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton)
WordNet
adjective
(1) In the shape of a coil
noun
(2) Flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
(3) A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"A coil of rope"
(4) Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
(5) A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
(6) A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
verb
(7) 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"
(8) Move in a spiral or zigzag course
(9) Form a spiral
"The path spirals up the mountain"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
- A helix.
Verb
- To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
- The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
- To increase continually.
- Her debts were spiralling out of control.