humming top

humming top
A toy with a point, around which it can be made to spin.

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  • humming top — noun a top that makes a humming noise as it spins • Hypernyms: ↑top, ↑whirligig, ↑teetotum, ↑spinning top …   Useful english dictionary

  • humming-top — n. a child s top which hums as it spins. * * * hummˈing top noun A top that produces a humming sound as it spins • • • Main Entry: ↑hum …   Useful english dictionary

  • humming top — n. spinning top that hums when spinning …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Humming — Hum Hum (h[u^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. [root]15.] 1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Humming by the Flowered Vine — Infobox Album | Name = Humming by the Flowered Vine Type = Album Artist = Laura Cantrell Released = June 212005 Recorded = 2005 Genre = Country Length = 39:55 Label = Matador Producer = JD Foster Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …   Wikipedia

  • top — top1 /top/, n., adj., v., topped, topping. n. 1. the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. 2. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 3. the higher end of anything on a slope. 4. Brit. a. a part considered… …   Universalium

  • spinning top — noun 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 • Syn: ↑top, ↑whirligig, ↑teetotum • Derivationally related forms: ↑whirligig (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • spinning top — noun 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. Syn: humming top, top …   Wiktionary

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