whirligig
To spin or twirl about quickly.
“[A]n’ whin the anlooky brat had thim all in this way whirligiggin’ about the flure, he’d grin an’ he’d chuckle an’ he'd chather, jist fur all the world like Jocko, the monkey, whin he’s played off sum uv his roguery.”
Where it comes from
From Middle English whyrlegygge; equivalent to whirl (noun or verb) + gig (“a top”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry whirligig (CC BY-SA 4.0).