Whirligig
Sponsored by Anna PaigeCame first in group 892 in round 1 with 374 votesbeat Buxom on 182 votesbeat Tacky on 52 votesbeat Room on 19 votes
Came first in group 223 in round 2 with 385 votesbeat Swashbuckler on 274 votesbeat Twiddly on 247 votesbeat Huckster on 47 votes
Won in group 112 in round 3 with 710 votesbeat Fritillary on 448 votes
Won in group 56 in round 4 with 503 votesbeat Parsimonious on 368 votes
Lost in group 28 in round 5 with 537 votesbeaten by Lollop on 571 votes
English[edit]
Public library, O'Fallon, Illinois
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English whirlegigge; equivalent to whirl (noun or verb) + gig (“a top”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
whirligig (plural whirligigs)
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
- A whirligig beetle.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
Quotations[edit]
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
Translations[edit]
anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy