What does "pinwheel" mean?

An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.

What is a synonym for "pinwheel"?

Common synonyms include: aeonium haworthii, agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
2
a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire wordnet
3
A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
"The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks."
4
a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind wordnet
5
A cogged (toothed) gear.

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a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim wordnet
7
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
8
perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels wordnet
9
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.

Verb

1
To spin. ambitransitive
"The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch."