Meaning

1 senses

  1. 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.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. You know how to make paper pinwheels? I only know how to make little birdies.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The Milky Way is called a spiral galaxy because it has long arms which spin around like a giant pinwheel.

    ruМлечный Путь называется спиральной галактикой, так как имеет длинные рукава, вращающиеся, словно гигантская вертушка. — sharptoothed

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

pinwheels, pinwheeling, pinwheeled, pinwheeled
Base formpinwheel · to pinwheel
3rd person singularpinwheels
Present participlepinwheeling
Past simplepinwheeled
Past participlepinwheeled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypinwheel
he, she, itpinwheels

Past simpleLesson

all personspinwheeled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pinwheeled
he, she, ithas pinwheeled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pinwheel

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pinpointpintB2pintopioneerC1piouspip
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