fidget spinner

English

A fidget spinner

Etymology

Usage began in early 2017 as it skyrocketed in popularity, although the origin of the toy itself is disputed.

Noun

fidget spinner (plural fidget spinners)

1. A type of stress-relieving toy that is intended to be spun around in one's hand, and that generally consists of a bearing in the center of a design made from any of a variety of materials including brass, stainless steel, titanium, copper, and plastic.

   Synonym: spinner

   • 2017, Cara Stevens, Fidget Spinner Tricks, Hacks & Mods […] ‎^[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     If you're like many people and you absently take apart pens and put them back together, unbend paper clips, pick at the carpet or your hair, or idly fiddle with whatever is nearby, a fidget spinner can quietly focus your energy in a less destructive way.

Hypernyms

• fidget toy

Derived terms

• fidget-spinning
• spinner (abbreviation)

Translations

stress-relieving toy

• Afrikaans: vroeteltol (af)
• Catalan: baldufa de mà f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 指尖陀螺 (zi² zim¹ to⁴ lo^4-2), 手指陀螺 (sau² zi² to⁴ lo^4-2)

  Mandarin: 指尖陀螺 (zhǐjiān tuóluó), 手指陀螺 (shǒuzhǐ tuóluó)

• Finnish: sormihyrrä, spinneri (fi)
• French: (Europe) hand spinner (fr) m, fidget spinner (fr) m, (Quebec) toupie à main f
• Japanese: ハンドスピナー (hando supinā), フィジェットスピナー (fijetto supinā)
• Latvian: grozāmgrābslis m
• Malay: gasing tangan
• Occitan: baudufa de man f
• Polish: fidget spinner m
• Russian: спиннер (ru) m (spinner), фиджет-спиннер (ru) m (fidžet-spinner)
• Spanish: spinner m