spinning top
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Instead of rotating around a single axis like most asteroids and planets, Donaldjohanson behaves more like a wobbling spinning top.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
As kick-off approaches I start breathing into a device that looks like a child's spinning top to record how quickly I'm breathing and how much carbon dioxide I'm breathing out.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
A planet orbiting both stars experiences competing gravitational pulls, which cause its orbit to slowly rotate, or precess, much like a spinning top wobbling under gravity.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
A spinning top near $15 the week ending April 11, 2025, indicated that selling pressure was abating.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
On his desk stood what looked like a large, cracked, glass spinning top; Harry recognized it at once as a Sneakoscope, because he owned one himself, though it was much smaller than Moody’s.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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