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pinwheel
or pin wheel
[ pin-hweel, -weel ]
/ ˈpɪnˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
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noun
a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
Also called catherine wheel. a kind of firework supported on a pin which, when ignited, revolves rapidly and gives a dazzling display of light.
verb (used without object)
to revolve rapidly like a pinwheel: Images of the past pinwheeled through his mind.
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Words nearby pinwheel
Pintubi, pin tuck, Pinturicchio, pinup, pinwale, pinwheel, pinwheel escapement, pinwheeling, pinwork, pinworm, pin wrench
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British Dictionary definitions for pinwheel
pinwheel
/ (ˈpɪnˌwiːl) /
noun
another name for Catherine wheel (def. 1)
a cogwheel whose teeth are formed by small pins projecting either axially or radially from the rim of the wheel
US and Canadian a toy consisting of plastic or paper vanes attached to a stick in such a manner that they revolve like the sails of a windmillAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): windmill, whirligig
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