Sekirov Dictionary

pinwheel

/ˈpɪnˌwiːl/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3

noun5

A toy for children, comprising an artificial (usually plastic) stem and a flower that spins round in the wind like a tiny windmill.
A pastry made by laying out dough flat, smearing a topping over it and rolling it up into a spiral, then baking it, resulting in a swirl of filling.
Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral.
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(US, Canada) A firework that spins in the shape of a spinning wheel.
- The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks. — 1992
A cogged (toothed) gear.

verb1

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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.

forms

pinwheeled · pinwheeling · pinwheels

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