WINDLASS Synonyms

• a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails

• a bad-tempered person

• a whimsically eccentric person

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• travel along a zigzag path

• start by cranking

• rotate with a crank

• fasten with a crank

• bend into the shape of a crank

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

• lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

• move from one place to another by lifting

• raise by using ropes and pulleys

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

• music composed for dancing a reel

• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• wind onto or off a reel

• a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)

• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

• mechanical device around which something can be wound