| spinning top 
 
 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
 • Syn:
 top, whirligig, teetotum
 • Derivationally related forms:
 whirligig (for: whirligig)
 • Hypernyms:
 plaything, toy
 • Hyponyms:
 humming top, peg top, whipping top, whip top
 
 
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