Synonyms of the word

whirligig

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

carousel

• n. a merry-go-round.
• n. a continuously revolving device for item delivery.
• n. the rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
• n. (Internet, graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a series of images one at a time.

carrousel

• n. a ride in a carnival or circus, or park, that usually has seats fashioned like horses or other animals.
• n. a means of retrieving luggage at an airport or other travel area.

gyrate

• v. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
• adj. (biology) Having coils or convolutions.

merry-go-round

• n. carousel; a pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types…
• n. a piece of playground equipment in the style of a merry-go-round.
• n. (figuratively) A dead-end search; a bustle of activity that gets nowhere.
• n. (rail transport) A freight train of hopper goods wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving.

plaything

• n. A thing or person intended for playing with.

reel

• n. A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
• n. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
• n. (textiles) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen…
• n. (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine,…
• n. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
• v. To wind on a reel.
• v. To spin or revolve repeatedly.
• v. To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
• v. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
• v. (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
• v. To make or cause to reel.
• v. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
• v. To be in shock.
• v. (obsolete) To roll.

ride

• v. (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle…
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
• v. (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such…
• v. (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
• v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
• v. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
• v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
• v. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
• v. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
• v. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
• v. (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
• n. An instance of riding.
• n. (informal) A vehicle.
• n. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
• n. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
• n. (Britain) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
• n. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A saddle horse.
• n. (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

roundabout

• adj. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
• adj. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
• n. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada and Australia) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis…
• n. A fairground carousel.
• n. A detour.
• n. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.

spin

• v. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another…
• v. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
• v. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable…
• v. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
• v. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
• v. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
• v. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent…
• v. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against…
• v. To move swiftly.
• v. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
• v. To twist (hay) into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.
• v. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
• v. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
• n. Circular motion.
• n. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic…
• n. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
• n. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
• n. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning…
• n. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
• n. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
• n. A single play of a record by a radio station.
• n. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.

teetotum

• n. (historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
• n. (historical) A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking…

top

• n. The highest part or component of an object.
• n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
• n. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
• n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
• n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
• n. (physics) A top quark.
• n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
• n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
• n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
• n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
• n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
• n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
• n. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
• n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
• n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
• n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group…
• v. To cover on the top or with a top.
• v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree).
• v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
• v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
• v. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
• v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
• v. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
• v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
• v. (archaic) To predominate.
• v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
• v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
• v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
• v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
• v. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
• v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
• v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior…
• v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this…
• adj. Situated on the top of something.
• adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
• adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
• adv. Rated first.

toy

• n. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
• n. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
• n. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
• n. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
• n. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
• n. (slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
• n. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
• n. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women…
• v. (intransitive) To play (with).
• v. (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
• v. (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.

whirl

• v. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
• v. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
• v. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
• v. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
• n. An act of whirling.
• n. Something that whirls.
• n. A confused tumult.
• n. A rapid series of events.
• n. Dizziness or giddiness.
• n. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.