swirl thrall troubadour cavalcade

swirl

swirl1 /swɜːl $ swɜːrl/verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to move around quickly in a twisting circular movement, or to make something do this swirl around/round
   • Smoke swirled around her. swirl something around/round
   • He swirled the brandy around in his glass
   • The river had become a swirling torrent
2. [intransitive] if stories or ideas swirl around a place, a lot of people start to talk about them - used especially in news report
   • Rumours of a takeover began to swirl around the stock markets.

thrall

/θrɔːl $ θrɒːl/noun

in sb's sth's thrall (in thrall to somebody/something)

literary controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something:

• We have a congress hat is thrall to special interest groups.

troubadour

/ˈtruːbədɔː, -dʊə $ -dɔːr, -dʊr/ noun [countable]

a type of singer and poet who travelled around the palaces and castles of Southern Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries

cavalcade

/ˌkævəlˈkeɪd, ˈkævəlkeɪd/ noun [countable]

a line of people on horses or in cars or carriages moving along as part of a ceremony

Reference

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English