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HUMMING TOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humming top mean? 

HUMMING TOP (noun)
  The noun HUMMING TOP has 1 sense:

1. a top that makes a humming noise as it spinsplay

  Familiarity information: HUMMING TOP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUMMING TOP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A top that makes a humming noise as it spins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("humming top" is a kind of...):

spinning top; teetotum; top; whirligig (a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin)


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