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Spin

Verb

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1.VerbTo 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.VerbTo enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
3.VerbTo cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
4.VerbTo make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
"They spin the cotton into thread."
5.VerbTo present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
6.VerbTo make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
"This pitch is usually preferred for spin than pace."
7.VerbTo move sideways when bouncing.
"Spinning the ball gave him figures of 7-48."
8.VerbTo form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
9.VerbTo 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.VerbTo 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.VerbTo move swiftly.
"to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc."
12.VerbTo stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
"Blood spins from a vein."
13.VerbTo wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
14.VerbTo 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.VerbTo play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
16.VerbTo use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
17.VerbTo use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
18.VerbTo ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
19.VerbTo search rapidly.
20.VerbTo draw out tediously; prolong.
"to spin a yarn"
21.VerbTo fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
22.VerbTo reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
23.NounRapid circular motion.
"The car went into a spin.; The skaters demonstrated their spins.; He put some spin on the cue ball."
24.NounA state of confusion or disorientation.
"My mind was in a spin."
25.NounA quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
26.NounA novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
27.NounA 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."
28.NounRotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
29.NounA condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
30.NounAn 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.
31.NounA brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
"I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car."
32.NounA bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
33.NounA single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
"Let's give this classic LP another spin."
34.NounA search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
35.NounAn unmarried woman; a spinster.
36.NounThe use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
37.NounClipping of spinnaker.
38.NounA special interest of an autistic person.
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