pinwheel

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pinwheel

/ˈpɪnˌwiːl/
/ˈpɪnˌhwiːl/ rare

noun pinwheels

A cogged (toothed) gear.
A toy for children, comprising an artificial (usually plastic) stem and a flower that spins round in the wind like a tiny windmill.
Canada, US 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.
Similar: Catherine wheel
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.
Similar: roll, rollup, swirl

verb pinwheels · pinwheeling · pinwheeled

ambitransitive 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.

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noun fake flower for children

Español	ventolera, molinillo, molinete, rehilete
한국어	바람개비 baramgaebi
日本語	風車 kazaguruma
中文	風車 /风车 fēngchē
हिन्दी	फ़रफ़री farfarī
Português	cata-vento
Français	moulinet, moulin à vent
Deutsch	Windrad
Italiano	girandola
Русский	верту́шка vertúška
Tiếng Việt	chong chóng

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@misc{pinwheel_2026,
  title = {pinwheel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinwheel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}