spin

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

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Verb

1. 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.
   • She spun around and gave him a big smile.
2. To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
3. To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
4. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
   • They spin the cotton into thread.
5. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
6. To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
   • This pitch is usually preferred for spin than pace.
7. To move sideways when bouncing.
   • Spinning the ball gave him figures of 7-48.
8. To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. To move swiftly.
    • to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
12. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
    • Blood spins from a vein.
13. To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
14. 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.
15. To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
16. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
17. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
18. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
19. To search rapidly.
20. To draw out tediously; prolong.
    • to spin a yarn
21. To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
22. To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).

Noun

1. Circular motion, usually rapid.
   • The car went into a spin.
   • The skaters demonstrated their spins.
   • He put some spin on the cue ball.
2. A state of confusion or disorientation.
   • My mind was in a spin.
3. A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
4. A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
5. 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.
   • The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
6. Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
7. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
8. 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.
9. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
   • I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.
10. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
11. A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
    • Let's give this classic LP another spin.
12. A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
13. An unmarried woman; a spinster.
14. The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

Noun

1. Clipping of spinnaker.

Noun

1. A special interest of an autistic person.

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