whizgign.
/ˈhwɪzɡɪɡ/ An object that whizzes round, as a revolving humming toy: cf. whizzer n. 1(a), fizgig n. 2. Also attributive.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > spinning > that which
whizgig1821
1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 22 Nov. (1971) 279 A Whizgig for Pakenham in my next.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxviii. 108 A bed about the size of one of those whizgig temples in which the Genius appears in a pantomime.
1891 Cent. Dict. Whizgig, a mechanical toy.
Derivatives
whiz-jig n. [compare jig n.1 6] in quot. applied (? allusively) to a pumping apparatus.
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1891 Cent. Mag. Dec. 248 A labor-saving whiz-jig was now devised.
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n.1821- to take one for the team
- to take one step forward and two steps back
- to take one with another
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- to take one's fine
- to take one's flight