windmill

📖 Definitions

noun

1. A machine powered by wind.

2. An imagined enemy, opponent, or threat.

verb tr., intr.

To move or to cause to move like a windmill.

💬 Usage Examples

“If the Tories had set out in government with the aim of deliberately making themselves unpopular, they might not have proceeded very differently. What would a strategy for Conservative electoral suicide have required? The economy suffocated. (Tick!) The party brand painted in old contaminants: tax favours for the rich, public services cut, chaos in the NHS, boggle-eyed tilts at European windmills, scowls for immigrants. (Tick!) The whole package seasoned with division, U-turns, and incompetence. (Tick!)” Rafael Behr; The Politics Column; New Statesman (London, UK); Apr 26, 2013.
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