spindizzy
An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables…An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s.
Meaning
3 sensesAn engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s.
An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s.
(dated)A collector or enthusiast of such miniature cars.
An anti-gravity propulsion system capable of faster-than-light travel, powered by the hypothetical Blackett effect.
Origin
From spin + dizzy. The science fiction sense was coined by American author James Blish inFrom spin + dizzy. The science fiction sense was coined by American author James Blish in 1950 for the Cities in Flight series of books (published 1950–1962).
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