"tippy top" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1961, Martin Gardner, The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Someone in the crowd took a small plastic top from his pocket. \"Have you seen these ‘tippy tops’ that the dealers are selling? I'll bet you a nickel that if you spin it, it will turn upside down and spin on the tip of its pin.\"\n\"No bet,\" said Nick. \"I bought a tippy top myself. But I'll tell you what I'll do. You spin the top clockwise. I'll bet you a nickel you can't tell me now in what direction it will be spinning after it flips over.\"",
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