Search

spin🔊

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

(of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).

(of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).

To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.

(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

(of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.

(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar

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.

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.

To move swiftly.

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

(informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

(intransitive)

To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.

To search rapidly.

To draw out tediously; prolong.

📑 Synonyms: spin out

(angling) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.

(slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).

(rapid circular motion) Rapid circular motion.

(state of confusion or disorientation) A state of confusion or disorientation.

(type of quantum angular momentum) (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

(variation) A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.

(favourable comment or interpretation) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

(complex motion of a ball) (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

📑 Synonyms: swazz q=informal

(aviation emergency) (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing{{,}} and rolling in a spinning motion.

(bearing malfunction) (mechanical engineering) 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.

(brief trip or outing) A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

(bundle of spun material) A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

(single play of a record) A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.

(prison search) (prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.

(spinster) (dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.

(use of an exercise bicycle) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

(nautical) (spinnaker)

(Q67135649) (slang) A (id=spin) of an autistic person.

📑 Synonyms: spinterest