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1.nounRapid circular motion."He put some spin on the cue ball."
2.nounA quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
3.nounA favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation."The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts."
4.nounRotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
5.nounA condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
6.nounA brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure."I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car."
7.nounA bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
8.nounA single play of a record by a radio station.
9.nounA search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
10.nounUnmarried woman, spinster.
11.nounThe use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
12.verbTo rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction."I spun myself around a few times."
13.verbTo make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together."They spin the cotton into thread."
14.verbTo present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
15.verb(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
16.verb(of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
17.verbTo form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
18.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.
19.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.
20.verbTo move swiftly."to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc."
21.verbTo stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet."Blood spins from a vein."
22.verbTo wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
23.verbTo play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
24.verbTo use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
25.verbAn abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.