Definisjon av whirligig

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Verb

whirligig - whirl or spin like a whirligig
spin around, gyrate, reel, whirl, spin to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
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Substantiv

whirligig - Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top.
whirligig - A whirligig beetle.
whirligig - A device for punishing prisoners comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.

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  • A whirligig is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one member that spins or whirls. Whirligigs are also known as buzzers, comic weathervanes, gee-haws, spinners, whirlygigs; whirlijig; whirlyjig; whirlybird; or plain whirly. Whirligigs are most commonly powered by the wind, but can be hand or friction powered, or even powered by a motor.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) whirligig
  • Presens: whirligig / whirligigs
  • Preteritum: whirligigged
  • Perfektum: (have) whirligigged

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