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whirligig
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural whirligigs
plural whirligigs
Learner's definition of WHIRLIGIG
[count] old-fashioned
1
: a child's toy that spins rapidly陀螺
2
: merry-go-round 1 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- the whirligig of time时代的变迁
- The movie's ending is an emotional whirligig.这部电影结尾展现的是一种情感的变换。
whirligig
noun
whirl·i·gig ˈ(h)wər-li-ˌgig 
3
a
: one that continuously whirls, moves, or changes
b
: a whirling or circling course (as of events)
Did you know?
English speakers, and particularly children, began spinning whirligigs as early as the 15th century. Since then, whirligig has acquired several meanings beyond its initial toy sense. It even has a place in the common name of the whirligig beetle, a member of the family Gyrinidae that swiftly swims in circles on the surface of still water. The word whirligig comes to us from Middle English whirlegigg ("whirling top"), which is itself from whirlen, meaning "to whirl," and gigg, meaning "(toy) top."
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But this moment—and the final passage of the IRA itself—shows how the Senate’s rules have devolved the legislative process into an inscrutable whirligig of procedural legerdemain. 
Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022 His successor will now have to see whether the Johnsonian whirligig was all worth it. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 It’s a mechanical sound but an oddly soothing one: a shwick shwick shwick of spinning metal, like a whirligig in the breeze. John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2022 The 3-ton whirligig has a lot of moving pieces, so to speak. Michelle Deal-zimmerman, baltimoresun.com, 24 Jan. 2022 Co-written by Ryan Tedder, the song is a whirligig of whoops and claps that seems designed for the wedding dance floor. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2021 The smarmy introductions and whirligig graphics and general aura of hectic oversell could be replaced with a more confident statement of what theater, at its best, has been and can be. New York Times, 2 June 2021 The hands-on, annual event engaged students in various activities, including basket weaving, tin punching and whirligig creations. cleveland, 27 Nov. 2020 The whirligig of literary reputation has brought about its own revenge, true to the Comic Spirit of irony that Meredith so often invoked. Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020 See More
Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022 His successor will now have to see whether the Johnsonian whirligig was all worth it. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 It’s a mechanical sound but an oddly soothing one: a shwick shwick shwick of spinning metal, like a whirligig in the breeze. John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2022 The 3-ton whirligig has a lot of moving pieces, so to speak. Michelle Deal-zimmerman, baltimoresun.com, 24 Jan. 2022 Co-written by Ryan Tedder, the song is a whirligig of whoops and claps that seems designed for the wedding dance floor. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2021 The smarmy introductions and whirligig graphics and general aura of hectic oversell could be replaced with a more confident statement of what theater, at its best, has been and can be. New York Times, 2 June 2021 The hands-on, annual event engaged students in various activities, including basket weaving, tin punching and whirligig creations. cleveland, 27 Nov. 2020 The whirligig of literary reputation has brought about its own revenge, true to the Comic Spirit of irony that Meredith so often invoked. Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English whirlegigg, from whirlen to whirl + gigg top — more at gig entry 4
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of whirligig was in the 15th century Phrases Containing whirligig
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