humming top

noun

a top that hums as it spins

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Historical Examples of humming top

They looked like the dark band on the humming-top when you spin it.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
Various
A humming-top will slowly expend its rotation and come to rest.
The Story of the Heavens
Robert Stawell Ball
More like the sounds of a humming-top, remarks a phlegmatic German traveller.
The Cruise of the Betsey
Hugh Miller
They had different kinds of tops, among them being a humming-top.
The Historical Child
Oscar Chrisman
Drink, because the stars are cruel and the world as idle as a humming-top.
A Chesterton Calendar
G. K. Chesterton