windmilled
Swung limbs circularly
Windmilled is the past tense of windmill, meaning to rotate the arms in wide circles like the blades of a windmill.
Athletes windmill their arms to warm up or maintain momentum: She windmilled her arms before the pitch.
The motion suggests uncontrolled spinning: His arms windmilled as he lost his balance on the ice.
Revolving around an axis
- whirlingRotating swiftly in place
- twirlingRapid circular motion
- gyratingRotating rapidly, spiraling
- revolvingTurning around a center
swirling · flailing · circular · pinwheeling · swinging · arcing · sweeping · rotating
Grain-crushing circular stone
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- flourMilled grain powder
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- timberedContaining trees or beams
sails · landmark · vintage · agriculture · old-world · restoration · preservation · antique
Blade-driven energy converter
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- sailsWind-catching boat fabric
- spinningRevolving around an axis
rotation · generator · vane · propeller · gearbox · shaft · mechanism · kinetic
Uncontrolled limb movement
- swingingMoving in arcs
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- gesturingMoving limbs expressively
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
swimming · backstroke · butterfly · semaphore · waving · reaching · stretching · propelling
spinning
Revolving around an axis
revolving · swirling · flailing · circular · pinwheeling · swinging · arcing · sweeping · rotating · pivoting
millstone
Grain-crushing circular stone
timbered · sails · landmark · vintage · agriculture · old-world · restoration · preservation · antique
turbine
Blade-driven energy converter
spinning · rotation · generator · vane · propeller · gearbox · shaft · mechanism · kinetic · aerodynamic
flailing
Uncontrolled limb movement
signaling · swimming · backstroke · butterfly · semaphore · waving · reaching · stretching · propelling · paddling
windmilledstilled
Made motionless or silent
froze · controlled · halted · stopped · restrained
- tilting at windmillsAttacking nonexistent threats
- windmill sails
- tilt at windmillsFight nonexistent opponents
- Dutch windmillRotating tower for milling
- windmill dunkCircular-arm basketball slam
- tilted at windmillsFought imaginary foes