Pinwheel (toy)
WordNet
noun
(1) A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
(2) 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
(3) 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'"
(4) Perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
WiktionaryText
Noun
- a fake flower with the stump, usually in plastic, for children; the flower spins round in the wind.
- a firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel
- A cogged (toothed) gear.
Quotations
firework
- 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 125
- The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks.
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.