Definition of pinwheel in English:

pinwheel

noun ˈpɪnwiːlˈpɪnˌ(h)wil

North American

1A small firework resembling a Catherine wheel.
Example sentencesExamples
- We are near the edge of the pinwheel so we move pretty quickly.
- As usual, we lashed firecrackers and pyrotechnics to the frame, stuffed a mortar in its mouth, and added a blazing pinwheel for the beast's eye.
- As the first pinwheel of light burst, the sparks seemed to race forward to capture Emily.
1. 1.1 Something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The crisp dynamic shifts and organized flourishes whet your appetite for more of the same, especially during the radiant synth pinwheels of the chorus.
  In it, two pinwheels of triangles are set inside the curves of a large horizontal S shape.
  Inserted into the void was a smaller white canvas, on which Grosse used a thick brush to paint kinetic pinwheels of translucent color.
  By holding the pinwheel still, we can examine its various points and notice their distinct characteristics.
  Ninja Wars: A pretty girl in a kimono runs through a bamboo thicket, flailing her arms around like pinwheels.
  The green one has mocha pinwheels, and the red one has nut meringues.
  They do things that Streb finds real - moves called dominoes, slices, ex-flips, inside-outs, sparkles, pinwheels, sidelines, and slams.
  This cookie is a spin on traditional pinwheels, in which plain and chocolate doughs are swirled together.
  Roadmap-patterned wallpaper lined the elevator's interior, and an array of pinwheels and movable disk sculptures were laid out on shelves.
  Well, it's now a pinwheel of rain and storms soaking much of the eastern U.S.
  I left the cabin and picked up my fishing rod, which Ishmael had festooned with some very sexy lures, including a neon-green pinwheel.
  A turkey vulture is a slow pinwheel in the sky, a marker above Cather's prairie.
  One of life's great frustrations is to see a frantic pinwheel of birds beyond the third bar and out of casting reach.
  Inside purple and green mist swirled around incessantly in pinwheels.

verb ˈpɪnwiːlˈpɪnˌ(h)wil

[no object]North American

Spin or rotate like a pinwheel.
his car pinwheeled into a barrier
Example sentencesExamples
- There was one TV image that I wish I hadn't seen - of some man jumping off one tower, arms and legs pinwheeling desperately in his last moments.
- She pinwheeled end-over-end and out of sight as I hopped up and down, holding my right foot and grimacing like Oliver Hardy.
- More importantly, it provides a kind of centre of gravity around which the main living volume begins to pinwheel.
- Also in London, Italian architect Renzo Piano breaks open the normally closed body of the tower, with surface planes that pinwheel out from the body into turning facets.
- He's completely overserved and slack jawed, his eyes are pinwheeling, searching his own field of vision to look at my buddy.
- 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.
- It pinwheeled into the wall, smashing Ronnie's mirror.
- Then, arms pinwheeling, he lost balance and toppled over backwards.
- Threatening or dishonest telegrams, or anonymous notes pushed under the door, set several plots pinwheeling.
- Yap fell for a few moments, arms pinwheeling madly, then he vanished.
- When your husband looks into your pinwheeling eyes and asks what you've had to eat today, say, ‘Some toast, I think.’
- 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.
- But he raced forward anyway, feeling his bare feet slap down against the metal, his arms pinwheeling for balance.
- Forty minutes later we have the fish pinwheeling to Richard's hands under a leaden sky, McVeigh and his boat ROSGILL hovering in attendance.
- He pinwheeled with one arm, then yanked me toward him with the arm he had a hold of.
- I was 9 and learning the game from my father and grandfather; I pinwheeled my bat in imitation, and exuded joy every time I picked up my mitt.
- Zoe screeched and pinwheeled her arms as if trying to drive away a horde of mosquitoes, knocking his own arm down.
- Her cookies range from chocolate chip to pinwheel and are always the highlight of any dessert.
- I apologize for any pinwheeling of eyeballs the post may have provoked.
- He took a lurching, awkward step forward, his arms pinwheeling for balance.
- 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.

Definition of pinwheel in US English:

pinwheel

nounˈpɪnˌ(h)wilˈpinˌ(h)wēl

North American, US

1A child's toy consisting of a stick with colored vanes that twirl in the wind.
Example sentencesExamples
- The shape of the vanes causes the arrow to spin faster, sort of like wind on the face of those toy pinwheels.
- Sparkly silver pinwheels spin and thin Mylar tinsel twists in the wind as viewers are confronted with their own misinterpretation of the lens' ultimate vanishing point.
- We stepped onto a platform and were electronically delivered to a fantasy-land room of singing puppets, merry-go-rounds, and pinwheels.
- This is due to the fact that our galaxy rotates like a pinwheel.
- Tactics like putting a beach ball within the area they are disturbing and letting it blow in the wind and using scarecrows, balloons, and pinwheels can deter them.
- Around the edges of the installation, there were free-standing pinwheels made of map-patterned paper.
- Edith stated that she blew on the pinwheel from different directions and the best direction to blow should be from the side.
- Most species, however, do not have polyp leaves, and look more like clubs, umbrellas, or pinwheels.
- In fact, it might be useful to compare the figure to a child's pinwheel that is still and motionless.
- This country isn't all puppy dogs and pinwheels, but there's a hell of a lot more to live for here than a lot of places I can think of.
- CRY plans to plant fields of pinwheels in city spaces - an expression of people's commitment to child rights.
- To make pinwheels, cut heavy paper or Mylar into 8-inch squares.
- She whirls highlights on a luminous sewing bowl of Thiebaud-like cupcakes and several striped foil pinwheels.
- The fascinating flowerheads of lacecap hydrangeas are also somewhat reminiscent of pinwheels.
- They used pinwheels to create a mock wind farm in a prominent location on campus.
- Especially those ostentatious dump trucks; each one full of paintings, streamers, pinwheels, and everything that was shiny.
- Use a 1/2-inch piece of drinking straw as a spacer between the pinwheel and the stick.
- I noticed some worshippers bought colorful pinwheels from vendors as they left the temple courtyard.
1. 1.1 A fireworks device that whirls and emits colored fire.
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the first pinwheel of light burst, the sparks seemed to race forward to capture Emily.
  As usual, we lashed firecrackers and pyrotechnics to the frame, stuffed a mortar in its mouth, and added a blazing pinwheel for the beast's eye.
  We are near the edge of the pinwheel so we move pretty quickly.
2. 1.2 Something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The crisp dynamic shifts and organized flourishes whet your appetite for more of the same, especially during the radiant synth pinwheels of the chorus.
  By holding the pinwheel still, we can examine its various points and notice their distinct characteristics.
  One of life's great frustrations is to see a frantic pinwheel of birds beyond the third bar and out of casting reach.
  Inside purple and green mist swirled around incessantly in pinwheels.
  In it, two pinwheels of triangles are set inside the curves of a large horizontal S shape.
  Roadmap-patterned wallpaper lined the elevator's interior, and an array of pinwheels and movable disk sculptures were laid out on shelves.
  Well, it's now a pinwheel of rain and storms soaking much of the eastern U.S.
  This cookie is a spin on traditional pinwheels, in which plain and chocolate doughs are swirled together.
  The green one has mocha pinwheels, and the red one has nut meringues.
  They do things that Streb finds real - moves called dominoes, slices, ex-flips, inside-outs, sparkles, pinwheels, sidelines, and slams.
  I left the cabin and picked up my fishing rod, which Ishmael had festooned with some very sexy lures, including a neon-green pinwheel.
  A turkey vulture is a slow pinwheel in the sky, a marker above Cather's prairie.
  Inserted into the void was a smaller white canvas, on which Grosse used a thick brush to paint kinetic pinwheels of translucent color.
  Ninja Wars: A pretty girl in a kimono runs through a bamboo thicket, flailing her arms around like pinwheels.

verbˈpɪnˌ(h)wilˈpinˌ(h)wēl

[no object]North American

Spin or rotate like a pinwheel.
his car pinwheeled into a barrier
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.’
- It pinwheeled into the wall, smashing Ronnie's mirror.
- Threatening or dishonest telegrams, or anonymous notes pushed under the door, set several plots pinwheeling.
- He pinwheeled with one arm, then yanked me toward him with the arm he had a hold of.
- Yap fell for a few moments, arms pinwheeling madly, then he vanished.
- More importantly, it provides a kind of centre of gravity around which the main living volume begins to pinwheel.
- Her cookies range from chocolate chip to pinwheel and are always the highlight of any dessert.
- But he raced forward anyway, feeling his bare feet slap down against the metal, his arms pinwheeling for balance.
- Also in London, Italian architect Renzo Piano breaks open the normally closed body of the tower, with surface planes that pinwheel out from the body into turning facets.
- 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.
- She pinwheeled end-over-end and out of sight as I hopped up and down, holding my right foot and grimacing like Oliver Hardy.
- Forty minutes later we have the fish pinwheeling to Richard's hands under a leaden sky, McVeigh and his boat ROSGILL hovering in attendance.
- Then, arms pinwheeling, he lost balance and toppled over backwards.
- I apologize for any pinwheeling of eyeballs the post may have provoked.
- I was 9 and learning the game from my father and grandfather; I pinwheeled my bat in imitation, and exuded joy every time I picked up my mitt.
- There was one TV image that I wish I hadn't seen - of some man jumping off one tower, arms and legs pinwheeling desperately in his last moments.
- He took a lurching, awkward step forward, his arms pinwheeling for balance.
- He's completely overserved and slack jawed, his eyes are pinwheeling, searching his own field of vision to look at my buddy.
- Zoe screeched and pinwheeled her arms as if trying to drive away a horde of mosquitoes, knocking his own arm down.

单词	pinwheel
释义	Definition of pinwheel in English: pinwheel noun ˈpɪnwiːlˈpɪnˌ(h)wil North American 1A small firework resembling a Catherine wheel. Example sentencesExamples We are near the edge of the pinwheel so we move pretty quickly. As usual, we lashed firecrackers and pyrotechnics to the frame, stuffed a mortar in its mouth, and added a blazing pinwheel for the beast's eye. As the first pinwheel of light burst, the sparks seemed to race forward to capture Emily. 1.1 Something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel. Example sentencesExamples The crisp dynamic shifts and organized flourishes whet your appetite for more of the same, especially during the radiant synth pinwheels of the chorus. In it, two pinwheels of triangles are set inside the curves of a large horizontal S shape. Inserted into the void was a smaller white canvas, on which Grosse used a thick brush to paint kinetic pinwheels of translucent color. By holding the pinwheel still, we can examine its various points and notice their distinct characteristics. Ninja Wars: A pretty girl in a kimono runs through a bamboo thicket, flailing her arms around like pinwheels. The green one has mocha pinwheels, and the red one has nut meringues. They do things that Streb finds real - moves called dominoes, slices, ex-flips, inside-outs, sparkles, pinwheels, sidelines, and slams. This cookie is a spin on traditional pinwheels, in which plain and chocolate doughs are swirled together. Roadmap-patterned wallpaper lined the elevator's interior, and an array of pinwheels and movable disk sculptures were laid out on shelves. Well, it's now a pinwheel of rain and storms soaking much of the eastern U.S. I left the cabin and picked up my fishing rod, which Ishmael had festooned with some very sexy lures, including a neon-green pinwheel. A turkey vulture is a slow pinwheel in the sky, a marker above Cather's prairie. One of life's great frustrations is to see a frantic pinwheel of birds beyond the third bar and out of casting reach. Inside purple and green mist swirled around incessantly in pinwheels. verb ˈpɪnwiːlˈpɪnˌ(h)wil [no object]North American Spin or rotate like a pinwheel. his car pinwheeled into a barrier Example sentencesExamples There was one TV image that I wish I hadn't seen - of some man jumping off one tower, arms and legs pinwheeling desperately in his last moments. She pinwheeled end-over-end and out of sight as I hopped up and down, holding my right foot and grimacing like Oliver Hardy. More importantly, it provides a kind of centre of gravity around which the main living volume begins to pinwheel. Also in London, Italian architect Renzo Piano breaks open the normally closed body of the tower, with surface planes that pinwheel out from the body into turning facets. He's completely overserved and slack jawed, his eyes are pinwheeling, searching his own field of vision to look at my buddy. 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. It pinwheeled into the wall, smashing Ronnie's mirror. Then, arms pinwheeling, he lost balance and toppled over backwards. Threatening or dishonest telegrams, or anonymous notes pushed under the door, set several plots pinwheeling. Yap fell for a few moments, arms pinwheeling madly, then he vanished. When your husband looks into your pinwheeling eyes and asks what you've had to eat today, say, ‘Some toast, I think.’ 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. But he raced forward anyway, feeling his bare feet slap down against the metal, his arms pinwheeling for balance. Forty minutes later we have the fish pinwheeling to Richard's hands under a leaden sky, McVeigh and his boat ROSGILL hovering in attendance. He pinwheeled with one arm, then yanked me toward him with the arm he had a hold of. I was 9 and learning the game from my father and grandfather; I pinwheeled my bat in imitation, and exuded joy every time I picked up my mitt. Zoe screeched and pinwheeled her arms as if trying to drive away a horde of mosquitoes, knocking his own arm down. Her cookies range from chocolate chip to pinwheel and are always the highlight of any dessert. I apologize for any pinwheeling of eyeballs the post may have provoked. He took a lurching, awkward step forward, his arms pinwheeling for balance. 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. Definition of pinwheel in US English: pinwheel nounˈpɪnˌ(h)wilˈpinˌ(h)wēl North American, US 1A child's toy consisting of a stick with colored vanes that twirl in the wind. Example sentencesExamples The shape of the vanes causes the arrow to spin faster, sort of like wind on the face of those toy pinwheels. Sparkly silver pinwheels spin and thin Mylar tinsel twists in the wind as viewers are confronted with their own misinterpretation of the lens' ultimate vanishing point. We stepped onto a platform and were electronically delivered to a fantasy-land room of singing puppets, merry-go-rounds, and pinwheels. This is due to the fact that our galaxy rotates like a pinwheel. Tactics like putting a beach ball within the area they are disturbing and letting it blow in the wind and using scarecrows, balloons, and pinwheels can deter them. Around the edges of the installation, there were free-standing pinwheels made of map-patterned paper. Edith stated that she blew on the pinwheel from different directions and the best direction to blow should be from the side. Most species, however, do not have polyp leaves, and look more like clubs, umbrellas, or pinwheels. In fact, it might be useful to compare the figure to a child's pinwheel that is still and motionless. This country isn't all puppy dogs and pinwheels, but there's a hell of a lot more to live for here than a lot of places I can think of. CRY plans to plant fields of pinwheels in city spaces - an expression of people's commitment to child rights. To make pinwheels, cut heavy paper or Mylar into 8-inch squares. She whirls highlights on a luminous sewing bowl of Thiebaud-like cupcakes and several striped foil pinwheels. The fascinating flowerheads of lacecap hydrangeas are also somewhat reminiscent of pinwheels. They used pinwheels to create a mock wind farm in a prominent location on campus. Especially those ostentatious dump trucks; each one full of paintings, streamers, pinwheels, and everything that was shiny. Use a 1/2-inch piece of drinking straw as a spacer between the pinwheel and the stick. I noticed some worshippers bought colorful pinwheels from vendors as they left the temple courtyard. 1.1 A fireworks device that whirls and emits colored fire. Example sentencesExamples As the first pinwheel of light burst, the sparks seemed to race forward to capture Emily. As usual, we lashed firecrackers and pyrotechnics to the frame, stuffed a mortar in its mouth, and added a blazing pinwheel for the beast's eye. We are near the edge of the pinwheel so we move pretty quickly. 1.2 Something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel. Example sentencesExamples The crisp dynamic shifts and organized flourishes whet your appetite for more of the same, especially during the radiant synth pinwheels of the chorus. By holding the pinwheel still, we can examine its various points and notice their distinct characteristics. One of life's great frustrations is to see a frantic pinwheel of birds beyond the third bar and out of casting reach. Inside purple and green mist swirled around incessantly in pinwheels. In it, two pinwheels of triangles are set inside the curves of a large horizontal S shape. Roadmap-patterned wallpaper lined the elevator's interior, and an array of pinwheels and movable disk sculptures were laid out on shelves. Well, it's now a pinwheel of rain and storms soaking much of the eastern U.S. This cookie is a spin on traditional pinwheels, in which plain and chocolate doughs are swirled together. The green one has mocha pinwheels, and the red one has nut meringues. They do things that Streb finds real - moves called dominoes, slices, ex-flips, inside-outs, sparkles, pinwheels, sidelines, and slams. I left the cabin and picked up my fishing rod, which Ishmael had festooned with some very sexy lures, including a neon-green pinwheel. A turkey vulture is a slow pinwheel in the sky, a marker above Cather's prairie. Inserted into the void was a smaller white canvas, on which Grosse used a thick brush to paint kinetic pinwheels of translucent color. Ninja Wars: A pretty girl in a kimono runs through a bamboo thicket, flailing her arms around like pinwheels. verbˈpɪnˌ(h)wilˈpinˌ(h)wēl [no object]North American Spin or rotate like a pinwheel. his car pinwheeled into a barrier Example sentencesExamples 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.’ It pinwheeled into the wall, smashing Ronnie's mirror. Threatening or dishonest telegrams, or anonymous notes pushed under the door, set several plots pinwheeling. He pinwheeled with one arm, then yanked me toward him with the arm he had a hold of. Yap fell for a few moments, arms pinwheeling madly, then he vanished. More importantly, it provides a kind of centre of gravity around which the main living volume begins to pinwheel. Her cookies range from chocolate chip to pinwheel and are always the highlight of any dessert. But he raced forward anyway, feeling his bare feet slap down against the metal, his arms pinwheeling for balance. Also in London, Italian architect Renzo Piano breaks open the normally closed body of the tower, with surface planes that pinwheel out from the body into turning facets. 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. She pinwheeled end-over-end and out of sight as I hopped up and down, holding my right foot and grimacing like Oliver Hardy. Forty minutes later we have the fish pinwheeling to Richard's hands under a leaden sky, McVeigh and his boat ROSGILL hovering in attendance. Then, arms pinwheeling, he lost balance and toppled over backwards. I apologize for any pinwheeling of eyeballs the post may have provoked. I was 9 and learning the game from my father and grandfather; I pinwheeled my bat in imitation, and exuded joy every time I picked up my mitt. There was one TV image that I wish I hadn't seen - of some man jumping off one tower, arms and legs pinwheeling desperately in his last moments. He took a lurching, awkward step forward, his arms pinwheeling for balance. He's completely overserved and slack jawed, his eyes are pinwheeling, searching his own field of vision to look at my buddy. Zoe screeched and pinwheeled her arms as if trying to drive away a horde of mosquitoes, knocking his own arm down.
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