spiraling

(verb) to wind or move in a spiral course. Synonyms: gyrate, spiral, coil. Examples: "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."

(verb) form a spiral. Synonyms: spiral. Example: "The path spirals up the mountain."

(verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course. Synonyms: corkscrew, spiral.

(adj) in the shape of a coil. Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate.