spinning top
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Its axis slowly wobbles over time like a spinning top, a movement known as axial precession.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 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
At first, he couldn’t figure out the purpose of a dreidel—a four-sided spinning top that’s played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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