"spinning top" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spinning tops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinning top (plural spinning tops)
  1. A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string. Wikipedia link: spinning top Categories (topical): Toys Synonyms: humming top, spin-top, top Translations (a toy): 'acocol (Amis), βέμβιξ (bémbix) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دُوَّامَة (duwwāma) [feminine] (Arabic), بُلْبُل (bulbul) [masculine] (Arabic), خُذْرُوف (ḵuḏrūf) [masculine] (Arabic), مِدْوان (midwān) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), طرومبية (ṭrūmbiyya) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), հոլ (hol) (Armenian), fırfıra (Azerbaijani), fırlanqıc (Azerbaijani), ziba (Basque), zibota (Basque), ваўчо́к (vaŭčók) [masculine] (Belarusian), юла́ (julá) [feminine] (Belarusian), жэ́ўжык (žéŭžyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), дзы́га (dzýha) [feminine] (Belarusian), по́рплік (pórplik) [masculine] (Belarusian), юро́к (jurók) [masculine] (Belarusian), пу́мпал (púmpal) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဂျင် (gyang) (Burmese), baldufa [feminine] (Catalan), 陀螺 (tuóluó) (Chinese Mandarin), káča [feminine] (Czech), vlk [masculine] (Czech), vlček [masculine] (Czech), čamrda [dated, feminine] (Czech), snurretop [common-gender] (Danish), bromtol [masculine] (Dutch), draaitol (Dutch), tol [masculine] (Dutch), turbo (Esperanto), vurr (Estonian), vurrkann (Estonian), hyrrä (Finnish), toupie [feminine] (French), buxaina [feminine] (Galician), pión [masculine] (Galician), panduxo [masculine] (Galician), carabuxa [feminine] (Galician), rincha [feminine] (Galician), ბზრიალა (bzriala) (Georgian), Kreisel [masculine] (German), Brummkreisel [masculine] (German), σβούρα (svoúra) [feminine] (Greek), סְבִיבוֹן (s'vivón) [masculine] (Hebrew), pörgettyű (Hungarian), búgócsiga (note: with sound) (Hungarian), tupio (Ido), caiseal [masculine] (Irish), trottola [feminine] (Italian), 独楽 (koma) (alt: こま) (Japanese), 貝独楽 (beigoma) (note: traditional Japanese "beigoma") (alt: べいごま) (Japanese), зырылдауық (zyryldauyq) (Kazakh), 팽이 (paeng'i) (Korean), vilciņš [masculine] (Latvian), sukutis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Dapp [masculine] (Luxembourgish), врте́лешка (vrtéleška) [feminine] (Macedonian), врти́мушка (vrtímuška) [feminine] (Macedonian), gasing (Malay), പമ്പരം (pamparaṁ) (Malayalam), żugraga [feminine] (Maltese), pōtaka (Maori), kaihōtaka (Maori), snurrebass [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snurrebass [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), snurrebasse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), طوپاچ (topaç) (Ottoman Turkish), bąk [masculine] (Polish), bączek (english: small) [masculine] (Polish), fryga [dated, feminine] (Polish), cyga [dated, feminine] (Polish), pião [masculine] (Portuguese), titirez [neuter] (Romanian), волчо́к (volčók) [masculine] (Russian), юла́ (julá) [feminine] (Russian), куба́рь (kubárʹ) [dated, masculine] (Russian), звр̑к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), чи̏гра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvȓk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čȉgra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), còcula [feminine] (Sicilian), sajitta [feminine] (Sicilian), strùmmula [feminine] (Sicilian), tuppettu [masculine] (Sicilian), vĺčik [masculine] (Slovak), vrtavka [feminine] (Slovene), peonza [feminine] (Spanish), trompo [masculine] (Spanish), pirinola [feminine] (Spanish), peón (Spanish), snurra [common-gender] (Swedish), trumpo (Tagalog), turumpo (Tagalog), பம்பரம் (pamparam) (Tamil), talungkup (Tausug), ข่าง (kàang) (Thai), topaç (Turkish), fırıldak (Turkish), дзи́ґа (dzýga) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ґере́ґа (geréga) [dated, feminine] (Ukrainian), ґадже́ло (gadžélo) [dated, neuter] (Ukrainian), pildiroq (Uzbek), bizbizak (Uzbek), đánh quay (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese), tupit (Volapük), דריידל (dreydl) [neuter] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "հոլ"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "fırfıra"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "fırlanqıc"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "ziba"
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          "code": "eu",
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          "sense": "a toy",
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "vaŭčók",
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          "word": "ваўчо́к"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "julá",
          "sense": "a toy",
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "žéŭžyk",
          "sense": "a toy",
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          "roman": "dzýha",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "дзы́га"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pórplik",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "по́рплік"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "jurók",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "юро́к"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "púmpal",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "пу́мпал"
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "gyang",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "ဂျင်"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baldufa"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuóluó",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "陀螺"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "káča"
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          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a toy",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "draaitol"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tol"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "turbo"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "vurr"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "vurrkann"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "hyrrä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toupie"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "buxaina"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pión"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "panduxo"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carabuxa"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rincha"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bzriala",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "ბზრიალა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kreisel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Brummkreisel"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "svoúra",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "σβούρα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "bémbix",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "βέμβιξ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "s'vivón",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סְבִיבוֹן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "pörgettyű"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "with sound",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "búgócsiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "tupio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caiseal"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trottola"
        },
        {
          "alt": "こま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koma",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "独楽"
        },
        {
          "alt": "べいごま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "traditional Japanese \"beigoma\"",
          "roman": "beigoma",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "貝独楽"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "zyryldauyq",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "зырылдауық"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "paeng'i",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "팽이"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vilciņš"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sukutis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dapp"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vrtéleška",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "врте́лешка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vrtímuška",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "врти́мушка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "gasing"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pamparaṁ",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "പമ്പരം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "żugraga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "pōtaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "kaihōtaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "snurrebass"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "snurrebass"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "snurrebasse"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "topaç",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "طوپاچ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bąk"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "small",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bączek"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fryga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cyga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "pião"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "titirez"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "volčók",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "волчо́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "julá",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "юла́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kubárʹ",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "куба́рь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "звр̑к"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чи̏гра"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zvȓk"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čȉgra"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "còcula"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sajitta"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strùmmula"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuppettu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vĺčik"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vrtavka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "peonza"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trompo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pirinola"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "peón"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "snurra"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "trumpo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "turumpo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "pamparam",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "பம்பரம்"
        },
        {
          "code": "tsg",
          "lang": "Tausug",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "talungkup"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kàang",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "ข่าง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "topaç"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "fırıldak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dzýga",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дзи́ґа"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "geréga",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ґере́ґа"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "gadžélo",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ґадже́ло"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "pildiroq"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "bizbizak"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "đánh quay"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "cù"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "word": "tupit"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "dreydl",
          "sense": "a toy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "דריידל"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "spinning top"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spinning top"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spinning tops",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spinning top (plural spinning tops)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Northern Mansi terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Requests for review of Ancient Greek translations",
        "Requests for review of Chickasaw translations",
        "Requests for review of Hindi translations",
        "Requests for review of Indonesian translations",
        "Requests for review of Khmer translations",
        "Requests for review of Lithuanian translations",
        "Requests for review of Maori translations",
        "Requests for review of Northern Mansi translations",
        "Requests for review of Romanian translations",
        "Requests for review of Telugu translations",
        "Requests for review of Thai translations",
        "Requests for review of Walloon translations",
        "en:Rotation",
        "en:Toys"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2023 August 11, Nicola Davis, “Scientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Patel says the muons behave a bit like a child’s spinning top, in rotating around the axis of the magnetic field. However, as the muons move, they wobble.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string."
      ],
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        [
          "toy",
          "toy"
        ],
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          "tapering",
          "tapering"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "spin",
          "spin"
        ],
        [
          "axis",
          "axis"
        ],
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "humming top"
        },
        {
          "word": "spin-top"
        },
        {
          "word": "top"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "spinning top"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "code": "ami",
      "lang": "Amis",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "'acocol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "duwwāma",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دُوَّامَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bulbul",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بُلْبُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵuḏrūf",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خُذْرُوف"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "midwān",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِدْوان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭrūmbiyya",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طرومبية"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hol",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "հոլ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "fırfıra"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "fırlanqıc"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "ziba"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "zibota"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vaŭčók",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ваўчо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "julá",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "юла́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "žéŭžyk",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жэ́ўжык"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzýha",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзы́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pórplik",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́рплік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jurók",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "юро́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "púmpal",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пу́мпал"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "gyang",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "ဂျင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baldufa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuóluó",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "陀螺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "káča"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vlk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vlček"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čamrda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snurretop"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bromtol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "draaitol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tol"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "turbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "vurr"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "vurrkann"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "hyrrä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toupie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buxaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pión"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panduxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carabuxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rincha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bzriala",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "ბზრიალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreisel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Brummkreisel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "svoúra",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σβούρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "bémbix",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βέμβιξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "s'vivón",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סְבִיבוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "pörgettyű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "with sound",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "búgócsiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "tupio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caiseal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trottola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koma",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "独楽"
    },
    {
      "alt": "べいごま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "traditional Japanese \"beigoma\"",
      "roman": "beigoma",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "貝独楽"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zyryldauyq",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "зырылдауық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paeng'i",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "팽이"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vilciņš"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sukutis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dapp"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vrtéleška",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "врте́лешка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vrtímuška",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "врти́мушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "gasing"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pamparaṁ",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "പമ്പരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żugraga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "pōtaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "kaihōtaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snurrebass"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snurrebass"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snurrebasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "topaç",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "طوپاچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bąk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "small",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bączek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fryga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cyga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pião"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "titirez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volčók",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "волчо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "julá",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "юла́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kubárʹ",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куба́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "звр̑к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чи̏гра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvȓk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čȉgra"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "còcula"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sajitta"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strùmmula"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuppettu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vĺčik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vrtavka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peonza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trompo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pirinola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "peón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snurra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "trumpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "turumpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pamparam",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "பம்பரம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "talungkup"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kàang",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "ข่าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "topaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "fırıldak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dzýga",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзи́ґа"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "geréga",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ґере́ґа"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "gadžélo",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ґадже́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "pildiroq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "bizbizak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "đánh quay"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "cù"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "word": "tupit"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "dreydl",
      "sense": "a toy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "דריידל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spinning top"
}

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