"fidget spinner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fidget spinners [plural]
Etymology: Usage began in early 2017 as it skyrocketed in popularity, although the origin of the toy itself is disputed. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fidget spinner (plural fidget spinners)
  1. A type of stress-relieving toy that is intended to be spun around in one's hand, and that generally consists of a bearing in the center of a design made from any of a variety of materials including brass, stainless steel, titanium, copper, and plastic. Wikipedia link: fidget spinner Categories (topical): Toys Synonyms: spinner Hypernyms: fidget toy Derived forms: fidget-spinning, spinner [abbreviation] Translations (stress-relieving toy): vroeteltol (Afrikaans), baldufa de mà [feminine] (Catalan), 指尖陀螺 (alt: zi² zim¹ to⁴ lo⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 手指陀螺 (alt: sau² zi² to⁴ lo⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 指尖陀螺 (zhǐjiān tuóluó) (Chinese Mandarin), 手指陀螺 (shǒuzhǐ tuóluó) (Chinese Mandarin), sormihyrrä (Finnish), spinneri (Finnish), hand spinner [Europe, masculine] (French), fidget spinner [masculine] (French), toupie à main [Quebec, feminine] (French), ハンドスピナー (hando supinā) (Japanese), フィジェットスピナー (fijetto supinā) (Japanese), grozāmgrābslis [masculine] (Latvian), gasing tangan (Malay), baudufa de man [feminine] (Occitan), fidget spinner [masculine] (Polish), спиннер (spinner) [masculine] (Russian), фиджет-спиннер (fidžet-spinner) [masculine] (Russian), spinner [masculine] (Spanish)

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