Noun
spinning top (plural spinning tops)
A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
Synonyms: humming top, spin-top, top
It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top. Deborah Bull
I feel like a spinning top or a DreidelThe spinning don't stop when you leave the cradleYou just slow downRound and around this world you goSpinning through the lives of the people you knowWe all slow down. Don McLean
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle You just slow down. Don McLean
Another difference is that unlike backspin and topspin, sidespin will have relatively very little effect on the bounce of the ball, much in the same way that a spinning top would not travel left or right if its axis of rotation were exactly vertical. Source: Internet
The Monterey Bay Aquarium uses a modified version of the kreisel (German for "spinning top") for this purpose. Source: Internet
However, instead of rolling over, the spinning top just pitches a little. Source: Internet