"whirligig" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɜː.lɪ.ɡɪɡ/ [UK], /ˈwɝ.lɪ.ɡɪɡ/ [US] Audio: en-us-whirligig.ogg Forms: whirligigs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English whirlegigge; equivalent to whirl (noun or verb) + gig (“a top”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whirlegigge}} Middle English whirlegigge, {{compound|en|whirl|gig|pos1=noun or verb|t2=a top}} whirl (noun or verb) + gig (“a top”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whirligig (plural whirligigs)
  1. Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round. Translations (anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy): пумпал (pumpal) [masculine] (Bulgarian), въртележка (vǎrteležka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), väkkyrä (Finnish), tararī (Maori), takawairore (Maori), вертушка (vertuška) [feminine] (Russian), fırıldak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whirligig-en-noun-uO4nbKD1 Categories (other): Rotation Disambiguation of Rotation: 38 10 24 28 Disambiguation of 'anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy': 63 5 17 15
  2. A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
    Sense id: en-whirligig-en-noun-JwyRHee6
  3. A whirligig beetle. Categories (topical): Torture Categories (lifeform): Adephagan beetles
    Sense id: en-whirligig-en-noun-nWRwFBqn Disambiguation of Torture: 19 20 45 16 Disambiguation of Adephagan beetles: 11 11 65 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 12 59 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 8 76 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 13 58 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 61 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 13 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 13 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 13 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 9 70 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 13 61 14
  4. (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-whirligig-en-noun-CCDiFjJL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whirlgig, whirlygig Derived forms: whirligig beetle Related terms: yo-yo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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