windmill

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Synonyms: wind mill, wind-mill, windbill, windfall, gin mill, windchill, windgall, windily, windmills, ginmill, minimill

Antonyms: wind mill, wind-mill, windbill, windfall, gin mill, windchill, windgall, windily, windmills, ginmill, minimill

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Noun

1. A [[machine]] which translates [[linear]] motion of [[wind]] to [[rotational]] motion by means of [[adjustable]] [[vane]]s called [[sail]]s.
2. The [[building]] or [[structure]] containing such [[machinery]].
3. {{lb|en|colloquial|proscribed}} A [[wind turbine]], a device for converting wind power into [[electricity]].
4. A child's [[toy]] consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when [[blow]]n by a person or by the wind.
5. {{lb|en|basketball}} A [[dunk]] where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
6. {{lb|en|baseball}} A [[pitch]] where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
7. {{lb|en|music}} A [[w:Guitar moves#Windmill|guitar move]] where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
8. {{lb|en|dance}} A [[breakdancing]] [[move]] in which the dancer rolls their [[torso]] [[continuously]] in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a ''V'' shape in the air.
9. {{C|en|Exercise}} Any of various [[muscle]] [[exercise]]s in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a [[kettlebell]] is raised overhead and the [[torso]] is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the [[core]], [[glute]]s, [[hamstring]]s, [[trapezius]], [[rhomboid]]s, [[deltoid]]s and [[rotator cuff]]s) but sometimes even a [[windshield wiper]].
10. Any of various large [[papilionid]] butterflies of the [[genus]] {{taxlink|Byasa|genus}}, the wings of which resemble the [[vane]]s of a windmill.
11. {{lb|en|juggling}} The [[false shower]].
12. {{lb|en|metaphorical}} An [[imaginary]] [[enemy]], but [[present]]ed as [[real]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To [[rotate]] with a [[sweeping]] [[motion]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|of a [[rotating]] part of a [[machine]]}} To (become [[disengaged]] and) [[rotate]] [[freely]].
3. {{lb|en|slang|intransitive}} To [[move]] [[in order to]] [[rotate]] the [[penis]] in a [[circle]] (similar to the rotation of a windmill). {{rfquote-sense|en}}

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