'pinwheel' definitions:
Definition of 'pinwheel'
(from WordNet)
noun
Perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels [syn: pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii]
noun
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'"
noun
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 [syn: pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector]
noun
A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire [syn: catherine wheel, pinwheel]
Synonyms of 'pinwheel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agate,
- ball,
- baseball bat,
- bat,
- battledore,
- bauble,
- blocks,
- checkerboard,
- chessboard,
- club,
- cockhorse,
- cricket bat,
- cue,
- doll,
- doll carriage,
- gewgaw,
- gimcrack,
- golf club,
- hobbyhorse,
- jack-in-the-box,
- jacks,
- jackstones,
- jackstraws,
- kickshaw,
- knickknack,
- marble,
- marionette,
- mig,
- paper doll,
- pick-up sticks,
- plaything,
- puppet,
- racket,
- rag doll,
- rocking horse,
- sport,
- steelie,
- taw,
- teetotum,
- top,
- toy,
- toy soldier,
- trinket,
- whim-wham