spinning top
spinning top noun: a toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
Noun
spinning top (plural spinning tops)
- A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
- Patel says the muons behave a bit like a child’s spinning top, in rotating around the axis of the magnetic field. However, as the muons move, they wobble.2023 August 11, Nicola Davis, “Scientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- humming top, spin-top, top
spinning top meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
spinning top in Hindi
- a spinning top
- लट्टू laṭṭū
- spinning top, top
- घनचक्कर ghancakkar
- spinning top
- भौंरा bha͠urā
spinning top in Tamil
- a toy
- பம்பரம் pamparam
spinning top in Marathi
- spinning top
- भोवरा bhovrā
spinning top in Malayalam
- a toy
- പമ്പരം pamparaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- spinning top in Kannada
- ಬಗರಿ, ಬುಗುರಿ
- spinning top in Tagalog
- trumpo, turumpo
- spinning top in Arabic
- دُوَّامَة duwwāma, بُلْبُل bulbul, خُذْرُوف ḵuḏrūf
- spinning top in Malay
- gasing
- spinning top in Thai
- ข่าง kàang
- spinning top in Vietnamese
- đánh quay, cù
- spinning top in Myanmar
- ဂျင် gyang
Synonyms of spinning top
Forms of spinning top
| plural | spinning tops |
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Questions about spinning top
- What does spinning top mean?
- Spinning top means a toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
- What is spinning top in Hindi?
- Spinning top in Hindi is लट्टू (laṭṭū), घनचक्कर (ghancakkar), भौंरा (bha͠urā). See Spinning top meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spinning top?
- Spinning top is a noun.
- What is the plural of spinning top?
- The plural of spinning top is spinning tops.
Words near spinning top in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spinning top (page history and authors); घनचक्कर (Hindi) (page history and authors); भोवरा (Marathi) (page history and authors); spinning top (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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