whirligig
- noun
- /ˈwɜr.lɪˌgɪg/
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carrusel
- A man wearing rubber boots hosed off used cars in a lot strung with motionless red, white, and blue whirligigs.
- whirligig garden
Examples
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For their school trip, the class took a turn on the whirligig at the amusement park, laughing as they flew around.
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David pushed all three girls on the swing for a while; he ran around the edge of the whirligig while they shrieked and laughed.
Fiction book (1990) -
They did the slide and the swings for a few minutes, then closed in on the whirligig.
Fiction book (2002) -
We joined a drunken clot of teenagers on a whirligig called the Calypso.
Fiction book (2002) -
The children waited excitedly to ride the whirligig as it spun high above the fairground.
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At the festival, families enjoyed watching the whirligig whirl as delighted kids took their places in the colorful seats.
Synonyms
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2.1
A large rotating ride with seats often shaped like animals that children ride on
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3.0
A round ride with seats shaped like animals that turns for people to sit on
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3.4
A rotating ride with seats, often shaped like horses, for children
A rotating ride with seats often shaped like horses for children to ride
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Etymology
The word whirligig comes from the parts whirl ('spin') and gig ('fun thing'), so a fairground whirligig is easy to remember as a big ride that spins people around.