כַּרְכָּר, (כרכד) m. (preced.) 1) whorl of the spindle (vorticulus), also shuttle (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Tela). Sabb. VIII, 6 (81ᵃ) ראש הכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Mish. Pes. הכרכד, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the top of the whorl; Y. ib. XVII, 16ᵇ. Bab. ib. 123ᵃ תוחכין בכוש או בכ׳ (Ms. M. בכַרְכִּיר) you stick it up with a reed or a whorl; Y. l. c. top. Tosef. ib. IX (X) 10; Sabb. 92ᵇ; Sifra Vayikra, Ḥobah, ch. IX, Par. 7, v. לָגַז. Sifré Deut. 96; Ab. Zar. III, 9 (49ᵇ) נטל הימנה כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כַּרְכּוֹר, Var. כִּירְכּוּר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one took from it (the Asherah) a piece to use it as a shuttle; a. fr. —2) [turner,] a rod used for shaking olives down. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ ברכר, ברכרה, read: כַּרְכָּר, כַּרְכָּרָה (f.), v. מחֲבֵא a. מַחֲבוֹא.