windmill

Definitions

• A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
• 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.
• (basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
• A 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.
• Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus , the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
• (juggling) The false shower.
• (metaphorical) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.