I. -ˌhwēl, -ˌwēl noun
Date: 1869
1. : a fireworks device in the form of a revolving wheel of colored fire
2. : a toy consisting of lightweight vanes that revolve at the end of a stick
3. : something (as a galaxy) shaped like a pinwheel
II. intransitive verb
Date: circa 1934
: to move like a pinwheel