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windmill noun [ ˈwɪn(d)mɪl ]

• a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind corn into flour.

windmill verb

• (with reference to a person's arms) move or be moved round in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill.
• "Penny slipped, windmilled her arms, and somehow kept her balance"

fling one's cap over the windmill

• act recklessly or unconventionally.



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