pinwheel

Meanings

Noun

• An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
• A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
• A cogged (toothed) gear.
• 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.

Verb

• To spin.

Origin

• pin + wheel