pin·wheel
ˈpin-ˌ(h)wēl 
1
: a fireworks device in the form of a revolving wheel of colored fire
2
: a toy consisting of lightweight vanes that revolve at the end of a stick
3
: something (such as a galaxy) shaped like a pinwheel
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Verb
the kayaker had got sucked into the whirlpool, and his kayak was pinwheeling helplessly
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
During its spring 2025 show, Miu Miu pampered the Plume, Tyre, and Gymnasium sneakers with the ultimate charm treatment, marked by clip-on and thread-through additions that included cutesy fabric pinwheels.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Forecasters warned of the arrival Thursday into Friday of a second intensifying low pressure area, which will pinwheel around the first bomb cyclone in an atmospheric interaction known as the Fujiwara Effect.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Both inpatient children and outpatient children joined the first lady in the Bunny Mellon Healing Garden to place rocks, pinwheels and American flags among the plants and flowers.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
During its spring 2025 show, Miu Miu pampered the Plume, Tyre, and Gymnasium sneakers with the ultimate charm treatment, marked by clip-on and thread-through additions that included cutesy fabric pinwheels.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
Verb
The free arrows pinwheel around more, stabilizing the magnetic order in the up-down arrows.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Forecasters warned of the arrival Thursday into Friday of a second intensifying low pressure area, which will pinwheel around the first bomb cyclone in an atmospheric interaction known as the Fujiwara Effect.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Pinwheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinwheel. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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