spinning top

noun

1. another name for top 2

Example Sentences

Not only is Nemo singing and rapping, in a huge pink hairy coat, they are also being turned around on a giant spinning top while pulling Matrix-style, gravity defying moves.

From Seattle Times

I wish I could report that the Geffen Playhouse production lives up to its delirious premise, but this spinning top of a play makes itself dizzy from overexertion.

From Los Angeles Times

"They can rotate, and just like a spinning top slows down over time and loses that energy in its rotation, a rotating black hole can also lose energy to its surroundings."

From Science Daily

Last year’s inductees were the spinning top, Masters of the Universe action figures and the Lite-Brite.

From Washington Times

In one watercolor, a townhouse is rendered atop a child’s spinning top.

From Los Angeles Times