Definition of "whirligig" []

• Any of various spinning toys. (noun)
• A carousel; a merry-go-round. (noun)
• Something that continuously whirls. (noun)
• The whirligig beetle. (noun)

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• "Solar wind particles flow along the ropes in whirligig trajectories leading from the sun to Earth."
• "To repeat: Solar wind particles flow along the ropes in whirligig trajectories leading from the sun to Earth."
• "He thought all the evening; or rather thought and fancy took a kind of whirligig dance, where it was hard to tell which was which."