spinning top

noun

another name for top 2 (def. 1)

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How to use spinning top in a sentence

It moved past them at a walking pace, with an odd, irregular bob and swerve like a spinning top.
Benjamin Franklin, America’s First Storm Chaser | Lee Sandlin | April 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The spinning top is a beautiful illustration of this principle.
The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth Burns
The earth's axis "precesses," however, just as does that of a spinning top.
Climatic Changes | Ellsworth Huntington
The latter is but a small piece of iron magnetised; the former is nothing more than a spinning-top.
Marvels of Scientific Invention | Thomas W. Corbin
So Billie picked up the spinning top and put it on the bear's broad, flat paw.
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods | Howard R. Garis

"I'd buy a spinning top, Uncle Wiggily," said the little squirrel boy, very quickly.
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods | Howard R. Garis

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