pinwheel

Speech parts

1. pinwheel - Noun

2. pinwheel - Verb

Meaning

perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire

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 wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim

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he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go' Source: Internet

A roulade tastes great and your guests will be impressed by the visual appeal of the pinwheel on their plate. Source: Internet

It's this weirdly assumptive narrative move, another unearned pinwheel. Source: Internet

On the following pages, the wind blows away hats, ruffles hair, whooshes dandelions and pinwheels, until finally, on the final spread, it quiets and a little girl, with a leaf in her hair, peacefully looks down at a now still pinwheel. Source: Internet

This pinwheel has dark green that I believe was the culprit. Source: Internet

Watch how the wind makes this pinwheel go! Source: Internet

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