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windmill

/ˈwɪn(d).mɪl/ verb C2
  1. To rotate with a sweeping motion. (intransitive, transitive) · She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.
  2. To (become disengaged and) rotate freely. (intransitive) · The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.
  3. To be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor). (intransitive)
  4. To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill). (intransitive, slang)

He/she/it windmills · Past windmilled · Past participle windmilled · -ing form windmilling

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Verb forms

Base form
windmill
He/she/it
windmills
Past
windmilled
Past participle
windmilled
-ing form
windmilling

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He saw the sketch in Tinkle’s window and thought it was a windmill at first.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 5 · C1

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