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fırıldak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • whirligig noun Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.

Senses

fırıldak is used for these senses in English:

  • spinning top 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.
  • whirligig Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.

whirligig — full definition

  1. noun Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
  2. noun A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
  3. noun Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
  4. noun A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.

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