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pinwheel

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eehilnpwStarts with PEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire

Word origin

From pin + wheel.

Used in a sentence

  • The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks.
  • The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch.
  • Uncertainly, he stepped back, bumping into the short skirt of the seawall. He stumbled and pinwheeled his arms for balance.

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