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WHIPPING TOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whipping top mean?
• WHIPPING TOP (noun)
The noun WHIPPING TOP has 1 sense:
1. a top that is spun by whipping
Familiarity information: WHIPPING TOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A top that is spun by whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
whip top; whipping top
Hypernyms ("whipping 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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