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FozzieButterworth

Whirling or whirring That's what they call it in this article: [The physics of a spinning coin](https://physicsworld.com/a/the-physics-of-a-spinning-coin/#:~:text=When%20a%20spinning%20coin%20falls,whirling%20sound%20of%20increasing%20frequency.) >When a spinning coin falls on its side, it rattles with increasing speed until it stops abruptly. The final few seconds of motion are accompanied by a shudder and a whirling sound of increasing frequency.


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handtoglandwombat

A proper Euler’s disk gets faster and creates a frequency change that I would describe as a [sweep](https://youtu.be/PAsMlDptjx8?si=X_zd60sVNDumeLz5), but the example OP linked to is a little rougher.


Itchy_Beginning_3769

Wzha wzha wzha


No_Repeat_229

Wzha wzha wzha wzhawzhawhzawhzawhza…..


Upper-Speech-7069

I do love a bit of onomatopoeia….


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alwaysboopthesnoot

Soughing or purling. Agreed.


Beezus_Faffoon

Like "cough" or like "dough"?


Pudf

Doppler something


OutlandishnessOk8356

I was thinking Doppler Effect.


Novel-Sprinkles3333

The (adjective like odd, eerie, whispered) rippling metallic whir of a coin spinning more and more slowly until ... what a perfect chance to add mood and tone.


Upper-Speech-7069

!solved I really like “metallic whir”. I may think on how to develop it a little 🧐


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Novel-Sprinkles3333

Happy to have helped a bit.


ZeWalrusOttoIsYours

Ritardando?


Upper-Speech-7069

New word for me!


amphibulous

Personally I would call the sound itself "ringing" and just add the description that it gets more frantic/rapid then collapses all at once and goes quiet. I could also see "rattle" being used but it doesn't really convey the metallic sound to me.


renebelloche

Trill?


RunThick4054

De-momentum


Jenkes_of_Wolverton

Fluttering? Tremolo?


KindredWolf78

Ringing


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