n. [ For T-totum. It was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it, standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a letter indicating an English or Latin word; as P meaning put down, N nothing or L. nil, H half. See Total. ] A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]
The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin, Syn.teetotum, spinning top, whirligig, Example: he got a bright red top and string for his birthday
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