Look up: whirligig

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   whirligig
   [v] - whirl or spin like a whirligig
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   Whirligig
   Whirl'i·gig noun [ Whirl + gig .] 1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. Johnson. 2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. « With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head.» G. W. Cable. ...
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   whirligig
   1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. ... 2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. 'With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head.' (G. W. Cable) ... 3. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, ...
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   whirligig
   spinning top noun a conical child`s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; `he got a bright red top and string for his birthday`
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   Whirligig
   A `whirligig` is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one member that spins or whirls in the wind. The word, derived from the verb to whirl, is known in English since 1440, originally for various spinning toys. Since ancient times, a whirligig was a spinning punitive or torture contraption comprising a suspended cage-like device; see Whirligig (torture). Modern whirligigs are generally decorative and entertaining, such as lawn orna...
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   Whirligig
   • (n.) A child`s toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. • (n.) Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. • (n.) A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the ...
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