gee haw whimmy diddle

短语

发音

US /ˈdʒi hɑ ˈwɪmi dɪdəl/

词形变化

gee haw whimmy diddles 复数 gee haw whimmy diddles

别名

gee-haw whimmy diddle gee haw whammy diddle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wooden toy consisting of a notched stick with a smaller stick attached on the end. Rubbing the notched stick with another stick causes the smaller stick to spin; with practice the spin can be made to change from rightward (gee) to leftward (haw) and vice versa.

    …some of the Blue Ridge Mountain folk toys. Each of the following runs about $2: spinning wooden top, fox and geese game, gee-haw whimmy diddle, bull roarer, corn cob pipe.