Beyblade

English

Etymology

From Japanese ベイブレード (Beiburēdo), itself a blend of 貝独楽 (beigoma, spinning top) + ブレード (burēdo, blade).

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Noun

Beyblade (plural Beyblades)

  1. (toys) A type of spinning top toy originally developed and manufactured by Takara Tomy.
    • 2007, Snita Nair, Living Next Door to Alise page 50:
      I sat in my chair, bored out of my mind ... I wondered if I could bring out my Beyblade.
    • 2012, Daman Singh, The Sacred Grove, page 24:
      The box with my Beyblades was under my desk.
    • 2012, Kai Gorbahn, How We'd Look on Film page 345:
      Me and my two brothers used to play with Beyblades all of the time, battling the spinning tops to see who spun the longest.

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