spin.
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Meaning & usage
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
I spun myself around a few times.
Spin the ball on the floor.
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
They spin the cotton into thread.
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
This pitch is usually preferred for spin than pace.
To move sideways when bouncing.
Spinning the ball gave him figures of 7-48.
To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
To move swiftly.
to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
Blood spins from a vein.
To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
His car spun in the rains just after finishing lap four.
To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
To search rapidly.
To draw out tediously; prolong.
to spin a yarn
To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Dutch, German spinnen (“to spin”), Luxembourgish spannen (“to spin”), Yiddish שפּינען (shpinen, “spin”), Danish spinde (“to spin”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish spinna (“to spin”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk spinne (“to spin”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan, “to spin”).
Circular motion, usually rapid.
The car went into a spin.
The skaters demonstrated their spins.
A state of confusion or disorientation.
My mind was in a spin.
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
spin doctor
Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
Let's give this classic LP another spin.
A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
An unmarried woman; a spinster.
The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Dutch, German spinnen (“to spin”), Luxembourgish spannen (“to spin”), Yiddish שפּינען (shpinen, “spin”), Danish spinde (“to spin”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish spinna (“to spin”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk spinne (“to spin”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan, “to spin”).
A special interest of an autistic person.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of special interest.
Clipping of spinnaker.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of spinnaker.
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