Phrase guide

spinning top

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: humming top, spin-top, top

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: top, whirligig, teetotum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plaything, toy

Narrower terms: humming top, peg top, whipping top, whip top

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amis: 'acocol — a toy
  • Arabic: دُوَّامَة (duwwāma) — a toy
  • Arabic: بُلْبُل (bulbul) — a toy
  • Arabic: خُذْرُوف (ḵuḏrūf) — a toy
  • Arabic: مِدْوان (midwān) — a toy
  • Arabic: طرومبية (ṭrūmbiyya) — a toy
  • Armenian: հոլ (hol) — a toy
  • Azerbaijani: fırfıra — a toy
  • Azerbaijani: fırlanqıc — a toy
  • Azerbaijani: dazalaq — a toy
  • Basque: ziba — a toy
  • Basque: zibota — a toy
  • Belarusian: ваўчо́к (vawčók) — a toy
  • Belarusian: юла́ (julá) — a toy
  • Belarusian: жэ́ўжык (žéwžyk) — a toy
  • Belarusian: дзы́га (dzýha) — a toy
  • Belarusian: по́рплік (pórplik) — a toy
  • Belarusian: юро́к (jurók) — a toy
  • Bulgarian: пу́мпал (púmpal) — a toy
  • Burmese: ဂျင် (gyang) — a toy
  • Catalan: baldufa — a toy
  • Chinese: 矸轆 /矸辘 — a toy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陀螺 (tuóluó) — a toy
  • Czech: káča — a toy
  • Czech: vlk — a toy
  • Czech: vlček — a toy
  • Czech: čamrda — a toy
  • Danish: snurretop — a toy
  • Danish: snurre — a toy
  • Dutch: tol — a toy
  • Esperanto: turbo — a toy
  • Estonian: vurr — a toy
  • Estonian: vurrkann — a toy
  • Finnish: hyrrä — a toy
  • French: toupie — a toy
  • Galician: buxaina — a toy
  • Galician: pión — a toy
  • Galician: panduxo — a toy
  • Galician: carabuxa — a toy
  • Galician: rincha — a toy
  • Georgian: ბზრიალა (bzriala) — a toy
  • German: Kreisel — a toy
  • Greek: σβούρα (svoúra) — a toy
  • Ancient Greek: βέμβιξ (bémbix) — a toy
  • Hebrew: סְבִיבוֹן (s'vivón) — a toy
  • Hungarian: pörgettyű — a toy
  • Hungarian: búgócsiga — a toy
  • Icelandic: skopparakringla — a toy
  • Ido: tupio — a toy
  • Ingrian: vurra — a toy
  • Irish: caiseal — a toy
  • Italian: trottola — a toy
  • Japanese: 独楽 (koma) — a toy
  • Japanese: 貝独楽 (beigoma) — a toy
  • Kankanaey: bawet — a toy
  • Kazakh: зырылдауық (zyryldauyq) — a toy
  • Korean: 팽이 (paeng'i) — a toy
  • Latvian: vilciņš — a toy
  • Lithuanian: sukutis — a toy
  • Luxembourgish: Dapp — a toy
  • Macedonian: врте́лешка (vrtéleška) — a toy
  • Macedonian: врти́мушка (vrtímuška) — a toy
  • Malay: gasing — a toy
  • Malayalam: പമ്പരം (pamparaṁ) — a toy
  • Maltese: żugraga — a toy
  • Māori: porotaka — a toy
  • Māori: pōtaka — a toy
  • Māori: kaihōtaka — a toy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snurrebass — a toy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snurrebass — a toy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snurrebasse — a toy
  • Pannonian Rusyn: вреценко (vrecenko) — a toy
  • Polish: bąk — a toy
  • Polish: bączek — a toy
  • Polish: fryga — a toy
  • Polish: cyga — a toy
  • Portuguese: pião — a toy
  • Romanian: titirez — a toy
  • Russian: волчо́к (volčók) — a toy
  • Russian: юла́ (julá) — a toy
  • Russian: куба́рь (kubárʹ) — a toy
  • Serbo-Croatian: звр̑к — a toy
  • Serbo-Croatian: чи̏гра — a toy
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvȓk — a toy
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȉgra — a toy
  • Sicilian: còcula — a toy
  • Sicilian: sajitta — a toy
  • Sicilian: strùmmula — a toy
  • Sicilian: tuppettu — a toy
  • Slovak: vĺčik — a toy
  • Slovene: vrtavka — a toy
  • Southern Altai: юла (yula) — a toy
  • Spanish: peonza — a toy
  • Spanish: trompo — a toy
  • Spanish: pirinola — a toy
  • Spanish: peón — a toy
  • Spanish: pringa — a toy
  • Spanish: perinola — a toy
  • Spanish: perindola — a toy
  • Spanish: pirindola — a toy
  • Spanish: pirla — a toy
  • Spanish: guazapa — a toy
  • Spanish: turra — a toy
  • Swedish: snurra — a toy
  • Tagalog: trumpo — a toy
  • Tagalog: turumpo — a toy
  • Tamil: பம்பரம் (pamparam) — a toy
  • Tausug: talungkup — a toy
  • Thai: ข่าง (kàang) — a toy
  • Turkish: topaç — a toy
  • Turkish: fırıldak — a toy
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوپاچ (topaç) — a toy
  • Ukrainian: дзи́ґа (dzýga) — a toy
  • Ukrainian: ґере́ґа (geréga) — a toy
  • Ukrainian: ґадже́ло (gadžélo) — a toy
  • Uzbek: pildiroq — a toy
  • Uzbek: bizbizak — a toy
  • Vietnamese: đánh quay — a toy
  • Vietnamese: cù — a toy
  • Volapük: tupit — a toy
  • Yiddish: דריידל (dreydl) — a toy