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/ˈwindˌmil/,
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windmills, plural;
  1. Move (one's arms) around in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill

  2. (of one's arms) Move in such a way

  3. (of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself) Spin unpowered

Noun
  1. A building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour

  2. A similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water

  3. A pinwheel

  4. A propeller, esp. one used formerly on an autogiro

  1. a mill that is powered by the wind
  2. generator that extracts usable energy from winds
  3. A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. The main use is for a grinding mill powered by the wind, reducing a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains, by crushing, grinding, or pressing. ...
  4. The Windmill (or briefly Mill) is a popular breakdance move. The breaker rolls his torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest/shoulders/back, while twirling his legs in a V-shape through the air.
  5. In chess, a windmill is a tactic in which a combination of discovered checks and regular checks, usually by a rook and a bishop, can win massive amounts of material. This tactic is also sometimes referred to as a see-saw. ...
  6. is a Japanese adult visual novel video game developer.
  7. Windmill is a fictional character from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s.
  8. The Windmill is a two person one-design sailing dinghy designed by Clark Mills in 1953. It was designed to be inexpensive and buildable by amateur woodworkers, such as father-and-son team. ...
  9. Windmill is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. It is so called because the initial layout resembles a windmill's sails.
  10. "Windmill" is a song by the German power metal band Helloween taken from the album Chameleon. It was released in some countries as Windmill. In Japan, it was released as Step Out of Hell.
  11. Windmill is a cross-platform, cross-browser software testing framework, primarily used for testing Web applications.
  12. (Windmills) These squat structures, typically (at-least) four-bladed, usually with wooden shutters or fabric sails, were developed in Europe. These windmills were pointed into the wind manually or via a tail-fan and were typically used to grind grain. ...
  13. (Windmills) are one of the most difficult moves of the moves in this encyclopedia, and the learning process creates a lot of bruises on the shoulders. ...
  14. (windmills) (256) Amiens did have a large number of windmills scattered across the Picard plain.
  15. (windmills) (in  windmill; in  wind power (energy) )
  16. To see a windmill in operation in your dreams, foretells abundant accumulation of fortune and marked contentment To see one broken or idle, signifies adversity coming unawares.
  17. A device that uses wind power to mill grain into flour. But informally used as a synonym for wind generator or wind turbine, and to describe machines that pump water with wind power.
  18. A WECS that is used to grind grain, and that typically has a high-solidity rotor; commonly used to refer to all types of WECS.
  19. a one-handed brooming throw.  similar to a softball pitch
  20. In the spirit of environmentalism, Macalester College is home to a windmill that stands right outside of the Olin-Rice science center.
  21. an alternation of checks and captures e.g. White Rg7, Bf6, Black Kh8 - the famous Torre-Lasker game is in the Tactics section of the Canon.
  22. A structure with sails or vanes that turn in the wind to generate power to grind corn into flour or draw water. These structures are common in the Netherlands.
  23. Spin The Windmill but replace centers swing, slip with [anything]
  24. Performed by rotating the right joystick rapidly while mashing the left trigger. Causes moshzilla to whirl its arms around like a 5 year old on meth.
  25. When your kitelines get tangled on the kite, or the bar, or some object (another kite) and begins spinning out of control while powered up. You don't want to personally experience this.