whirligig
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈwɜː.lɪ.ɡɪɡ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈwɝ.lɪ.ɡɪɡ/
Noun

whirligig (plural whirligigs)

  1. Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
  2. A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
  3. A whirligig beetle.
  4. A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.



This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
Offline English dictionary