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I'm sorry, I'm sick of nobody knowing anything. A turbine is a rotary device which converts kinetic fluid energy into mechanical energy. This INCLUDES windmills, also known as WIND TURBINES. A moving fluid (steam, air, water, oil, gas) strikes the blades of a turbine which are mounted on a common shaft and causes the shaft to turn. A turbine can be the Francis wheel of a dam's power station, it can be the rotor of a "windmill" at Altamont Pass, it can be the exhaust-driven wheel in your car's turbocharger which spins the compressor, it can be part of a jet engine. Your car's automatic transmission has a turbine in it; the impeller in the torque converter driven by the engine forces oil against the blades of a turbine, causing it to turn and driving the rest of the car's driveline.
Windmills aren't turbines! I'm a sidewalk drunk.
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A crude pot smoking device made out of a bottle, tape, bag and a socket
Orange ... dude, pull me another turbine
Turbine by king! November 1, 2008
A machine where the kinetic energy of matter is converted to mechanical power by the impulse or reaction of the matter with a series of buckets, paddles, or blades located around the circumference of a wheel or cylinder...... Also, Pianos and Organs are the same shit.
"I'm sorry, I'm sick of nobody knowing anything. I am the turbine know-it-all because I have my building operator ticket & watch a hot water heater all day." - The Rev. Eighty-Eight Fingers Butler
turbine by M Dogg August 17, 2006
When two prolapsed anuses come together and a fart is transplanted from one to the other.
Me and my frat bros turbine’d last night bruh
Turbine by Terdfurgueson September 29, 2023

Turbine Cowboy 

Another name for a wind turbine technician. Crazy bastards seeking a thrill
You hear that Jeff is a turbine cowboy now?
Turbine Cowboy by sjdvs1776 April 11, 2024

George Bush Turbine 

In a group of wind farm turbines, It's the one not working.
Plural: Bush-Cheney Turbines
We're going green with the wind farm exept for the George Bush turbine>
George Bush Turbine by merman106 February 6, 2010

Chocolate Turbine 

Arse hole: in particular while refering to the act of anal intrusion
He's so hot I'm gonna smash his Chocolate Turbine tonight
Chocolate Turbine by Juju Boggle March 31, 2009
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