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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