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Pinwheel
noun, verb
Definitions
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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- 6 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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From pin + wheel.
Etymology 2
From pin + wheel.
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