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• n  a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
• n  a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
• v  whirl or spin like a whirligig

• The script, by Cheers vets Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, has a whirligig wit, and 11 songs crammed into its 67 minutes: that's more melodic content than in most Broadway musicals.
• In performance, Gilbert has laser-like focus and intensity; Dudamel ("the Dude") is a fiery whirligig.
• The film is a nimble, witty whirligig of a caper, and it's no criticism to say Paul Giamatti, playing an insecure loon of a CEO, and Tom Wilkinson, as his devious rival, snatch the .

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• teetotum
• spinning top
• carousel
• carrousel
• merry-go-round
• roundabout

News & Articles

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• IT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION: What's wrong with Puig as an All-Star?
  What's the problem with this whirligig Yasiel Puig making it impossible to keep him off the National League All-Star roster next month?
  June 22, 2013 - Los Angeles Daily News
• Lawmakers honor whirligig maker Vollis Simpson
  On the same day state lawmakers memorialized Vollis Simpson, they gave final approval to a bill identifying the whirligigs he made as North Carolina’s official folk art.
  June 21, 2013 - Rocky Mount Telegram
• NC lawmakers remember late whirligig maker
  On the same day state lawmakers memorialized Vollis Simpson, they gave final approval to a bill identifying the whirligigs he made as North Carolina's official folk art.
  June 20, 2013 - FOX Carolina

Quotes

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• Mahmoud Abbas in Xinhua
  There will be no serious opportunity for negotiations without the immediate stop of settlements activities; otherwise the entire area will sink into a whirligig that was a result of mistrust between the two sides,said Abbas.
• William Shakespeare in guardian.co.uk
  Shakespeare told us that "the whirligig of time brings in his revenges" (Twelfth Night, 1601).