windmill
- Noun. A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- Noun. The structure containing such machinery.
- Noun. A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
- Noun. (basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
- Noun. A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
- Noun. (juggling) The false shower.
- Verb. (transitive, intransitive) To rotate (itself) with a sweeping motion.
- Verb. (intransitive) Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
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