pinwheel
Collocations
4ADJ.
giant
VERB + PINWHEEL
like, resemble
PREP.
off, with
ADV.
inexhaustibly
Definitions
noun
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
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.
A cogged (toothed) gear.
A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
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
To spin.
The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch.
Uncertainly, he stepped back, bumping into the short skirt of the seawall. He stumbled and pinwheeled his arms for balance.
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6The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks.
WiktionaryThe damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch.
WiktionaryUncertainly, he stepped back, bumping into the short skirt of the seawall. He stumbled and pinwheeled his arms for balance.
WiktionaryThe laws of physics and chemistry transform a meadow of fine powder into a wreckage of icy chunks. Saugstad’s pinwheeling body would freeze into whatever position it was in the moment the snow stopped
WiktionaryA spiral galaxy is shaped like a disk. The disk tends to resemble a pinwheel with arms which spiral outward as it rotates.
Tatoeba · #3957791The Milky Way is called a spiral galaxy because it has long arms which spin around like a giant pinwheel.
Tatoeba · #3957852