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- Dictionaryspin/spin/
verb
- 1. turn or cause to turn or whirl around quickly: "the girl spun around in alarm" Similar
- 2. draw out (wool, cotton, or other material) and convert it into threads, either by hand or with machinery: "an old lady sat, spinning thread"
noun
- 1. a rapid turning or whirling motion: "he concluded the dance with a double spin" Similar
- 2. a brief trip in a vehicle for pleasure: informal "a spin around town" Similar
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SPIN definition: 1. to (cause to) turn around and around, especially fast: 2. If your head or the room spins, you…. Learn more.
1. : to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread. 2. : to form a thread by extruding a viscous rapidly hardening fluidused especially of a spider or insect. 3. a. : to revolve rapidly : gyrate. b. : to feel as if in a whirl : reel. my head is spinning. 4. : to move swiftly especially on or as if on wheels or in a vehicle. 5.
When you spin, you whirl around in a circle. Many kids love to spin on a merry-go-round. You can spin in a happy circle, and you can describe this movement as a spin. Another way to use the word spin is for a deliberate twisting of information, especially when it's done by politicians.
[intransitive, transitive]to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this. (+ adv./prep.)The plane was spinning out of control. a spinning ice skater. My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going round and I can't balance). spin round/aroundThe dancers spun round and round. spin something (round/around)to spin a ball/coin/wheel.
Spin definition: to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers. See examples of SPIN used in a sentence.
Synonyms: revolve, turn, rotate, wheel More Synonyms of spin. Spin is also a noun. This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions. 2.verb. When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out.
spin. noun. /spɪn/. /spɪn/. Idioms. fast turning movement. [countable, uncountable] a very fast turning movement. Only in the last 50 years have we had clocks accurate enough to measure changes in the earth's spin. He lost everything on the spin of a roulette wheel.
1[intransitive,transitive]to turn around and around quickly; to make something do this(+ adv./prep.)The plane was spinning out of control.a spinning ice skaterMy head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going around and I can't balance).His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin (= make you feel very confused).spin (around)Th...
SPIN meaning: 1 : to turn or cause someone or something to turn around repeatedly; 2 : to seem to be moving around in a way that makes you feel dizzy or sick
1. To rotate rapidly; whirl. See Synonyms at turn. 2. To have a sensation of whirling, as from dizziness; reel: My head spun after I did a cartwheel. 3. To make thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers. 4. To extrude viscous filaments, forming a web or cocoon. 5. To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.
