Definitions for spinning top
spin·ning top

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1. top, whirligig, teetotum, spinning topnoun

   a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

   "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"

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1. spinning topnoun

   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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1. spinning top

   A spinning top, or simply a top, is a toy with a squat body and a sharp point at the bottom, designed to be spun on its vertical axis, balancing on the tip due to the gyroscopic effect. Once set in motion, a top will usually wobble for a few seconds, spin upright for a while, then start to wobble again with increasing amplitude as it loses energy, and finally tip over and roll on its side. Tops exist in many variations and materials, chiefly wood, metal, and plastic, often with a metal tip. They may be set in motion by twirling a handle with the fingers, by pulling a rope coiled around the body, or by means of a built-in auger (spiral plunger). Such toys have been used since antiquity in solitary or competitive games, where each player tries to keep one's top spinning for as long as possible, or achieve some other goal. Some tops have faceted bodies with symbols or inscriptions, and are used like dice to inject randomness into games, or for divination and ritual purposes. The ubiquity of spinning tops lends to the fact that the toy is used to name many living things such as Cyclosa turbinata, whose name comes from the Latin roots for spinning top.

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1. spinning top

   A spinning top is a toy that is designed to spin rapidly on its axis, balancing on a point known as the tip due to the physical principle of rotational inertia. It is typically a flat-ended object that can be made from various materials like plastic or wood, known for its unique ability to maintain balance while spinning rapidly. The top is usually spun by hand or with a string.

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1. Spinning top

   Spinning top is a Japanese candlesticks pattern with a short body found in the middle of two long wicks. A spinning top is indicative of a situation where neither the buyers nor the sellers have won for that time period, as the market has closed relatively unchanged from where it opened; the market is indecisive regarding its trend. The upper and lower long wicks, however, tell us that both the buyers and the sellers had the upper hand at some point during the time period the candle represents. When a spinning top forms after a run up or run down in the market, it can be an indication of a pending reversal, as the indecision in the market is representative of the buyers losing momentum when this occurs after an uptrend and the sellers losing momentum after a downtrend.

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How to pronounce spinning top?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say spinning top in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spinning top in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spinning top in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spinning top
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spinning_Top
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_Top
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=spinning top