Definitions
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- noun A form of
top (toy) that willspin preferentially in one direction (rattling, then reversing, if spun in the other direction)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Try a jig and trailer combo in a blue/black pattern or a crawfish pattern, go with 3/16oz rattleback jig with a 4 worm trailer or a crawfish trailer.
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Try a jig and trailer combo in a blue/black pattern or a crawfish pattern, go with 3/16oz rattleback jig with a 4 worm trailer or a crawfish trailer.
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The rattleback is also known as a "wobblestone" for obvious reasons, and as a "celt."
Classroom toys: rattlebacks doyle 2008
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Some rattleback merchants wrongly tout the toy as a model demonstrating the coriolis force.
Classroom toys: rattlebacks doyle 2008
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The rattleback is also known as a "wobblestone" for obvious reasons, and as a "celt."
Archive 2008-07-01 doyle 2008
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Some rattleback merchants wrongly tout the toy as a model demonstrating the coriolis force.
Archive 2008-07-01 doyle 2008
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