tippe top (English, noun)
expansion: tippe top (plural tippe tops)
Senses:
glosses: A spinning top of a shape with counterintuitive behaviour: generally mushroom-like or spherical, with a rounded head and a short stem; when spun head-down on a smooth, flat surface, it inverts its attitude so that it spins head-up, on the tip of the stem, until it loses momentum and falls over.
Forms:
form: tippe tops
tags: plural
form: tippy top
tags: alternative