- Old-fashioned any of various child's toys that whirl or spin, as a pinwheel or top
- merry-go-round
- something that seems to whirl, or revolve in a cycle
- a whirling motion or course
Origin of whirligig
Middle English whirlgigge: see whirl and gigwhirligig
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whirligig
noun
- Any of various spinning toys.
- A carousel; a merry-go-round.
- Something that continuously whirls.
- A whirligig beetle.
Origin of whirligig
Middle English whirlegigge whirlen whirl ; see whirl . -gigge something that rotates ( possibly of Scandinavian origin ) ( akin to gig 1)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural whirligigs)
Origin
Middle English whirlegigge.
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