The word is in the Wiktionary

7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• whirligig n. Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
• whirligig n. A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration…
• whirligig n. A whirligig beetle.
• whirligig n. (Historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.

— English words, defined in French —

• whirligig n. Tourniquet (jouet d’enfant).
• whirligig n. Girouette (ornement de pelouse ou de jardin).
• whirligig n. Chenille (attraction foraine).

38 English words from 4 English definitions

Anything around beetle cage comprising decoration device driven for go␣round Historical incorporating induce merry merry-go-round nausea outdoor pinwheels prisoners propellers punishing rapidly round spinning spins such such␣as that top toy used whimsical whirligig whirligig␣beetle whirls wind wind-driven wooden

4 English words from 3 foreign definitions

attraction Chenille jardin Tourniquet

6 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

enfant foraine Girouette jouet ornement pelouse

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

whirligigs whirligig␣beetle whirligig␣beetles

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

gig hir irl IRL lig lig. whir whirl

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

gig Gigi Gil GIL igil ILR

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

whirligigs

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

whirlgig

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

whirlygig

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

whirlgig

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