straw man vs windmill

A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw. 

An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss. 

An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea. 

An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively. 

Synonym of straw buyer 

A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind. 

A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball. 

Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper. 

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill. 

An imaginary enemy, but presented as real. 

A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill. 

A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. 

The structure containing such machinery. 

The false shower. 

A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air. 

A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.