humming top

humming top

n
a top that hums as it spins
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Noun1.humming top - a top that makes a humming noise as it spins
spinning top, teetotum, whirligig, top - 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"
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