Whirligig is an English word with synonyms like top or reel. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Whirligig in a sentence
Whirligig meaning
- 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.
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
Synonyms of Whirligig
Using Whirligig
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Useful related words include: top, reel, whirl, spin around.
- In the example corpus, whirligig often appears in combinations such as: whirligig beetles.
Context around Whirligig
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whirligig
- In this selection, "whirligig" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, article, beetles, production and world stand out and add context to how "whirligig" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include case of whirligig beetles family and citation while whirligig beetles simply. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whirligig" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whirligig
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Crosby wasn't fond of the whirligig production, but more than anything, hated that Yar wasn't being given anything to do. (22 words)
Clement's article "Whirligig World" describes his approach to writing a science fiction story: Writing a science fiction story is fun, not work. (23 words)
The eyes are compound and may display remarkable adaptability, as in the case of whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae ), where they are split to allow a view both above and below the waterline. (32 words)
Adult crawling water beetles use both their elytra and their hind coxae (the basal segment of the back legs) in air retention, citation while whirligig beetles simply carry an air bubble down with them whenever they dive. (37 words)
The eyes are compound and may display remarkable adaptability, as in the case of whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae ), where they are split to allow a view both above and below the waterline. (32 words)
Clement's article "Whirligig World" describes his approach to writing a science fiction story: Writing a science fiction story is fun, not work. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
Crosby wasn't fond of the whirligig production, but more than anything, hated that Yar wasn't being given anything to do.
Adult crawling water beetles use both their elytra and their hind coxae (the basal segment of the back legs) in air retention, citation while whirligig beetles simply carry an air bubble down with them whenever they dive.
Clement's article "Whirligig World" describes his approach to writing a science fiction story: Writing a science fiction story is fun, not work.
The eyes are compound and may display remarkable adaptability, as in the case of whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae ), where they are split to allow a view both above and below the waterline.
Common combinations with whirligig
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: