whirligig
whirligig is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.
- noun. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.
- noun. A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
- noun. Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
- noun. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
- 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"
- verb. whirl or spin like a whirligig
Synonyms
carousel, carrousel, roundabout, teetotum, top
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