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- A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
- An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
- A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
- Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
- A cogged (toothed) gear.
- 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
- perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
- a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
- a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
verb
- (ambiintransitive) To stop (something) from spinning.
- (transitive, figurative) To counteract fate.
- (transitive) To unravel (something spun, knit, or woven).
- To happen; to unfold; to develop.
- To counteract or decipher a complicated web of lies, statements, arguments, traditions, etc.
- (ambitransitive) To untwist (something that is twisted or wound)
- (transitive) To disentangle.
- To reveal the truth behind PR (public relations) or slanted reporting.
- (transitive) To unmake.
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- (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
- (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
- (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
- (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
- perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- cause to turn on an axis or center
- turn outward
- exchange on a regular basis
adj
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- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- fly around
- cause to spin
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- A swirling vortex.
- A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verb
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
noun
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
noun
- A spinneret.
- (Australia, prison, slang) A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- (often vulgar, slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- (pinball) A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
- (politics, slang) A spin doctor.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (cricket) A spin bowler.
- (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- Ellipsis of fidget spinner.
- (surfing) A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.
- A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
- (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
- A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
- board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
- (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
- (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
- (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
- (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
- (intransitive) To turn a crank.
- fasten with a crank
- rotate with a crank
- travel along a zigzag path
- bend into the shape of a crank
- start by cranking
adj
- (dialectal) Hard; difficult.
- Sick; unwell.
- (informal) Strange; weird; odd.
- Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
noun
- (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
- A fit of temper or passion.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
- (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- Clipping of crankshaft.
- A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
- (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
- (slang) The penis.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
- (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
- A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a bad-tempered person
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
verb
- To physically swirl or rotate.
- (transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
- To rotate, to move in a circle.
- (intransitive) To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- To go to another person's home or a public event.
- (transitive, figurative) To circulate, to move aimlessly.
- To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification).
- To pass around, to circulate.
- (transitive, figurative) To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
adj
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
noun
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
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- A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion.
- (uncountable, television, film, publishing) An edgy, quirky or otherwise engaging quality that holds the interest of the audience.
- forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke
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noun
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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- (transitive, mechanics, dynamics) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (intransitive, mechanics, dynamics) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (intransitive, euphemistic, idiomatic) To be dead.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- (computing, transitive) To place into a state of hibernation.
- (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
- be able to accommodate for sleeping
- be asleep
noun
- The hibernation of animals.
- (botany) A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
- (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
- (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
- (informal, metonymic) A night.
- (uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- a period of time spent sleeping
- a torpid state resembling deep sleep
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
verb
- To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
- To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
- To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
- To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun etymology 2 sense 8.1)).
- (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
- (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
- (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
- To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
- (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- praise or celebrate in song
- speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- circulate, move around
- cause to move round and round
- angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
noun
- (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) An inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument (a flame war), originally a way for regulars (long-time users) to poke light-hearted fun at new posters (especially in Usenet newsgroups) and promote in-group cohesion ("trolling for newbies").
- A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
- (informal, Michigan) A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
- (by extension, originally Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
- (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
- (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
- An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
- (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
- (by extension, derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
- An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
- (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
- a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- angling by drawing a baited line through the water
- (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
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- (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- A spot; a defilement.
- (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- Hard work.
- (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
noun
- A spinning wheel.
- (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
- A Catherine wheel firework.
- (mathematics) A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
- A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
- A round portion of cheese.
- (poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
- A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
- (prosody) The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.
- (figurative) The control of, or ability to steer, the course of events.
- (automotive) A wheelrim.
- (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
- (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- (figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.
- A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
- A potter's wheel.
- forces that provide energy and direction
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- a handwheel that is used for steering
verb
- (transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
- (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
- (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- (intransitive, grime music) To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.
- (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
- wheel somebody or something
- ride a bicycle
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
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- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
- (transitive, mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
- (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
- (transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
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- (transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
- To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill).
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of a propeller or turbine rotor) To be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor).
- (intransitive, of a rotating part of a machine) To (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
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- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
- (dance) 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.
- The building or 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.
- Any of various muscle exercises 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, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
- A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- (basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
- (figurative) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
- (music) A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- (baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
- The act of windmilling.
- (juggling) The false shower.
- (colloquial, proscribed) A wind turbine, a device for converting wind power into electricity.
- a mill that is powered by the wind
- generator that extracts usable energy from winds
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- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- (baking, chiefly in the plural) A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
- (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
- (American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
- (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- (surfing) The concave part of a breaking wave.
- (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
- (agriculture, phytopathology, uncountable) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
verb
- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- (intransitive) To move in curves.
- (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
- (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
- (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
- (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- play the Scottish game of curling
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- shape one's body into a curl
- form a curl, curve, or kink
adj
- Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
- Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
- (predicative only) Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
- (British, dialectal) Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
- (attributive) Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture, veterinary medicine) Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
- having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
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- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
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- A spinneret.
- (Australia, prison, slang) A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- (often vulgar, slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- (pinball) A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
- (politics, slang) A spin doctor.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (cricket) A spin bowler.
- (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- Ellipsis of fidget spinner.
- (surfing) A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.
- A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
- (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
- A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
- board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
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- A spinning wheel.
- (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
- A Catherine wheel firework.
- (mathematics) A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.
- A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
- A round portion of cheese.
- (poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
- A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
- (prosody) The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.
- (figurative) The control of, or ability to steer, the course of events.
- (automotive) A wheelrim.
- (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
- (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- (figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.
- A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
- A potter's wheel.
- forces that provide energy and direction
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- a handwheel that is used for steering
verb
- (transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
- (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
- (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
- (intransitive, grime music) To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.
- (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
- (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
- wheel somebody or something
- ride a bicycle
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
noun
- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- (baking, chiefly in the plural) A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
- (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
- (American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
- (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- (surfing) The concave part of a breaking wave.
- (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
- (agriculture, phytopathology, uncountable) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
verb
- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- (intransitive) To move in curves.
- (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
- (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
- (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
- (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- play the Scottish game of curling
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- shape one's body into a curl
- form a curl, curve, or kink
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- A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
- An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
- A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
- Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
- A cogged (toothed) gear.
- 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
- perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
- a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
- a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
verb
- (ambiintransitive) To stop (something) from spinning.
- (transitive, figurative) To counteract fate.
- (transitive) To unravel (something spun, knit, or woven).
- To happen; to unfold; to develop.
- To counteract or decipher a complicated web of lies, statements, arguments, traditions, etc.
- (ambitransitive) To untwist (something that is twisted or wound)
- (transitive) To disentangle.
- To reveal the truth behind PR (public relations) or slanted reporting.
- (transitive) To unmake.
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- (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
- (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
- (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
- (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
- perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- cause to turn on an axis or center
- turn outward
- exchange on a regular basis
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- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- fly around
- cause to spin
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- A swirling vortex.
- A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verb
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
noun
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
verb
- (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
- (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
- (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
- (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
- (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
- (intransitive) To turn a crank.
- fasten with a crank
- rotate with a crank
- travel along a zigzag path
- bend into the shape of a crank
- start by cranking
adj
- (dialectal) Hard; difficult.
- Sick; unwell.
- (informal) Strange; weird; odd.
- Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
noun
- (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
- A fit of temper or passion.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
- (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- Clipping of crankshaft.
- A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
- (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
- (slang) The penis.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
- (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
- A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a bad-tempered person
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
verb
- To physically swirl or rotate.
- (transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
- To rotate, to move in a circle.
- (intransitive) To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- To go to another person's home or a public event.
- (transitive, figurative) To circulate, to move aimlessly.
- To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification).
- To pass around, to circulate.
- (transitive, figurative) To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
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- A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion.
- (uncountable, television, film, publishing) An edgy, quirky or otherwise engaging quality that holds the interest of the audience.
- forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke
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- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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- (transitive, mechanics, dynamics) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (intransitive, mechanics, dynamics) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (intransitive, euphemistic, idiomatic) To be dead.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- (computing, transitive) To place into a state of hibernation.
- (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
- be able to accommodate for sleeping
- be asleep
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- The hibernation of animals.
- (botany) A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
- (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
- (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
- (informal, metonymic) A night.
- (uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- a period of time spent sleeping
- a torpid state resembling deep sleep
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
verb
- To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
- To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
- To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
- To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun etymology 2 sense 8.1)).
- (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
- (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
- (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
- To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
- (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- praise or celebrate in song
- speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- circulate, move around
- cause to move round and round
- angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
noun
- (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) An inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument (a flame war), originally a way for regulars (long-time users) to poke light-hearted fun at new posters (especially in Usenet newsgroups) and promote in-group cohesion ("trolling for newbies").
- A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
- (informal, Michigan) A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
- (by extension, originally Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
- (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
- (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
- An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
- (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
- (by extension, derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
- An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
- (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
- a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- angling by drawing a baited line through the water
- (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
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- (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- A spot; a defilement.
- (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- Hard work.
- (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
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- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
- (transitive, mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
- (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
- (transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
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- (transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
- To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill).
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of a propeller or turbine rotor) To be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor).
- (intransitive, of a rotating part of a machine) To (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
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- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
- (dance) 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.
- The building or 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.
- Any of various muscle exercises 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, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
- A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- (basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
- (figurative) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
- (music) A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- (baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
- The act of windmilling.
- (juggling) The false shower.
- (colloquial, proscribed) A wind turbine, a device for converting wind power into electricity.
- a mill that is powered by the wind
- generator that extracts usable energy from winds
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- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
adj
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
noun
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
- Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
- (predicative only) Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
- (British, dialectal) Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
- (attributive) Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture, veterinary medicine) Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
- having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity