top, whirligig, teetotum, spinning top
(noun) a conical child’s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; “he got a bright red top and string for his birthday”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
teetotum (plural teetotums)
(historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
teetotum (plural teetotums)
(historical) A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
Source: Wiktionary
Tee*to"tum, n. Etym: [For T-totum. It was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it, standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a letter indicating an English or Latin word; as P meaning put down, N nothing or L. nil, H half. See Total.]
Definition: A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. Dickens.
Tee-to"-tum, n. [Cf. Teetotaler.]
Definition: A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 October 2024
(adjective) lacking eyes or eyelike features; “eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves”; “an eyeless needle”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
