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UK
/pˈɪnwiːl/
]
NOUN
- 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
- a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
- perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
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a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'
How To Use pinwheel In A Sentence
- He's completely overserved and slack jawed, his eyes are pinwheeling, searching his own field of vision to look at my buddy.
- They do things that Streb finds real - moves called dominoes, slices, ex-flips, inside-outs, sparkles, pinwheels, sidelines, and slams.
- Of particular note was the girl who cartwheeled onto stage, promptly mooned the audience, and then pinwheeled her arms in a dancing frenzy for the remainder of the set.
- The pinwheel model of bereavement suggests that, with time, an individual reaches out to others, change occurs and life is rejoined after a loss.
- We are near the edge of the pinwheel so we move pretty quickly.
- Just like in the movies, my eyes opened wide, and I pinwheeled my arms (probably in slow motion), and then I crashed to the floor on my elbow.
- They'll gasp, stagger back, clutch their chests, and pinwheel their arms for balance, all the while looking around for someone to confirm their indignation.
- This cookie is a spin on traditional pinwheels, in which plain and chocolate doughs are swirled together.
- But to visit in the spring or fall, when millions of birds are pinwheeling through the heavens, is to realize that there are other, much older claims here, too.
- When your husband looks into your pinwheeling eyes and asks what you've had to eat today, say, ‘Some toast, I think.’
