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spin
verb (spun , spinning )
1 tr & intr to rotate or cause to rotate repeatedly, especially quickly We spun a coin to see who would go first .
2 intr (usu spin round) to turn around, especially quickly or unexpectedly.
3 to draw out and twist (fibres, etc) into thread.
4 a said of spiders, silkworms, etc: to construct (a web, cocoon, etc) from the silky thread they produce;
b to fabricate (lies) spun a complex web of lies .
5 a to bowl, throw, kick, strike, etc (a ball) so that it rotates while moving forward, causing a change in the expected direction or speed;
b said of a ball, etc: to be delivered in this way.
6 intr said of someone's head, etc: to have a revolving and disorientated sensation, especially one that is brought on by excitement, amazement, drugs or alcohol, etc.
7 to dry (washing) in a spin dryer.
8 said of the wheels of a motor vehicle: to turn rapidly but without any forward momentum.
9 to play (a record, CD, cassette, etc) a station that spins mainly indie stuff .
noun
1 an act or process of spinning or a spinning motion.
2 rotation in a ball thrown, struck, etc.
3 a nose-first spiral descent in an aircraft, especially one that is out of control. Also called tailspin.
4 colloq a short trip in a vehicle, for pleasure.
5 colloq an act of playing a record, etc.
6 a favourable slant applied to information, a political policy, a news report, etc, or the act of applying this The government was pilloried for its perceived addiction to spin .
[Anglo-Saxon spinnan ]
spinning noun , adjective .
spun see separate entry.
spin a yarn, tale, etc to tell a story, especially a long improbable one.
spin something off business to make (a subsidiary company) independent of its parent company.
spin something out
1 to prolong (an activity, etc).
2 to cause something to last longer through economical use.
verb (spun , spinning )
1 tr & intr to rotate or cause to rotate repeatedly, especially quickly We spun a coin to see who would go first .
2 intr (usu spin round) to turn around, especially quickly or unexpectedly.
3 to draw out and twist (fibres, etc) into thread.
4 a said of spiders, silkworms, etc: to construct (a web, cocoon, etc) from the silky thread they produce;
b to fabricate (lies) spun a complex web of lies .
5 a to bowl, throw, kick, strike, etc (a ball) so that it rotates while moving forward, causing a change in the expected direction or speed;
b said of a ball, etc: to be delivered in this way.
6 intr said of someone's head, etc: to have a revolving and disorientated sensation, especially one that is brought on by excitement, amazement, drugs or alcohol, etc.
7 to dry (washing) in a spin dryer.
8 said of the wheels of a motor vehicle: to turn rapidly but without any forward momentum.
9 to play (a record, CD, cassette, etc) a station that spins mainly indie stuff .
noun
1 an act or process of spinning or a spinning motion.
2 rotation in a ball thrown, struck, etc.
3 a nose-first spiral descent in an aircraft, especially one that is out of control. Also called tailspin.
4 colloq a short trip in a vehicle, for pleasure.
5 colloq an act of playing a record, etc.
6 a favourable slant applied to information, a political policy, a news report, etc, or the act of applying this The government was pilloried for its perceived addiction to spin .
[Anglo-Saxon spinnan ]
spinning noun , adjective .
spun see separate entry.
spin a yarn, tale, etc to tell a story, especially a long improbable one.
spin something off business to make (a subsidiary company) independent of its parent company.
spin something out
1 to prolong (an activity, etc).
2 to cause something to last longer through economical use.
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