windmill vs worm

windmill

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

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

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

verb
  • To rotate with a sweeping motion. 

  • Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely. 

worm

noun
  • A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards. 

  • Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm. 

  • A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling. 

  • The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space. 

  • The spiral wire of a corkscrew. 

  • Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. 

  • A self-replicating program that propagates through a network. 

  • A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth. 

  • A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings. 

  • More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. 

  • A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. 

  • An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse. 

  • The lytta. 

  • A contemptible or devious being. 

  • A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta. 

  • A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. 

verb
  • To work one's way by artful or devious means. 

  • To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving. 

  • To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly). 

  • To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. 

  • To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness. 

  • To move with one's body dragging the ground. 

  • To make (one's way) with a crawling motion. 

  • To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means. 

  • To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate. 

  • To deworm (an animal). 

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