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spinning tops

spinning tops is the plural of spinning top.

Meaning of spinning top

Noun

spinning top (plural spinning tops)

  1. 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

Questions about spinning tops

What is spinning tops the plural of?
Spinning tops is the plural of spinning top.

Words near spinning tops in the dictionary

  1. spinning round
  2. spinning rust
  3. spinning someone's wheels
  4. spinning teacups
  5. spinning top
  6. spinning tops
  7. spinning up
  8. spinning wheel
  9. spinning wheels
  10. spinning-wheel
  11. spinning-wheels

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