spinning top

noun

1. another name for top 2

Example Sentences

Then in 2020, Gaia uncovered that this warped disc slowly oscillates over time, similar to the motion of a spinning top.

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Perhaps we will see some mean reversion with last week’s spinning top candle.

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Usually, the motion of these pulses is such that they either spin in circles, like a spinning top, or they vibrate, shaking continuously from side to side in straight lines.

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Not only is Nemo singing and rapping, in a huge pink hairy coat, they are also being turned around on a giant spinning top while pulling Matrix-style, gravity defying moves.

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I wish I could report that the Geffen Playhouse production lives up to its delirious premise, but this spinning top of a play makes itself dizzy from overexertion.

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