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Meanings of whirligig in English

Portuguese
carrossel
Catalan
carrusel
Wikidata

A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement.

        carrossel
        Portuguese
        pião
        Catalan
        baldufa
        Wikidata

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

              pião
              Catalan
              dispositiu giratori brumidor
              Wikidata

              Object that spins or whirls.

                    Related terms
                    dispositiu giratori brumidor
                    Usage of whirligig in English
                    1
                    She opened it, and stepped out of the humdrum into the whirligig.
                    The Drums of Jeopardy
                    2
                    The centrifuge was inspired by a simple spinning toy called a whirligig.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    To him the compass must have been a profound and awful whirligig.
                    The Human Drift
                    4
                    My, he thought, how many years since I played with a whirligig.
                    The Tarn of Eternity
                    5
                    The case may have hidden the whirligig aspects of the timepiece.
                    The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s...
                    6
                    The danger in the curved path is an abrupt curve, a whirligig effect.
                    The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
                    7
                    And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges-LouisXI.
                    Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
                    8
                    She loved dominating the air currents in her great titanium whirligig.
                    The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
                    9
                    Ministers and civil servants are locked in a whirligig of revolving door corruption.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    The whirligig of time brings about strange revenges, for a truth.
                    The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
                    11
                    However, watching the strange people he noted an entrance that resembled a whirligig.
                    The Tarn of Eternity
                    12
                    How he loathed the impulse which had catapulted him into this mad whirligig!
                    The Voice in the Fog
                    13
                    Don't you see that Time is a whirligig, and all things come round?
                    Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 02
                    14
                    Truly the whirligig of time brings in some strange revenges.
                    Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
                    15
                    And yet the whirligig of time brings about its revenges.
                    Alexandria and Her Schools / Four Lectures Delivered at the Phil...
                    16
                    Sooner or later the whirligig of time brings its revenges.
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                    Translations for whirligig
                    Portuguese
                    carrosselpião
                    Whirligig through the time
                    Whirligig across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
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