windmill

tuulimylly

tuulivoimalla toimiva mylly A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
(quote-magazine)
The structure containing such machinery.
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
puhekieltä A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
A w:Guitar movesWindmill|guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her 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.
puhekieltä The false shower.
puhekieltä An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
puhekieltä To rotate with a sweeping motion.

She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.

True to her word, her hips windmilled in a frenzy.

As the Pirate Captain strained at the ham, the whale began to spasm and buck about in the water. Its tail thrashed wildly up and down. Its flippers windmilled in the air uselessly.

The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.

When he went to switch on his rotary engine again, the Le Rhone refused to pick up. Nothing happened! The propeller simply windmilled in the slip stream. Garros knew immediately what was wrong and cursed himself for his imbecility.

The propeller windmilled in front of them. Creede tried to start the engine. It growled like something angry, died away. "We're ... gonna have to ... ride this thing ... to the ground."

(..) the propeller blade on number-four engine windmilled in the air stream. "I wasn't too concerned about it, really," recalls Butchart. "B-29 engines are not all that dependable."