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Spin
spɪn
- turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly
"the girl spun round in alarm"
revolve rotate turn turn round go round whirl gyrate circle whirl wheel twirl turn swing twist swivel pirouette pivot swirl- (of a person's head) give a sensation of dizziness
"the figures were enough to make her head spin"
- toss (a coin)
- (with reference to a ball) move or cause to move through the air with a revolving motion
"the ball spun in viciously"
- spin-dry (clothes)
- play (a record)
"a DJ spins hits from the sixties"
- shape (sheet metal) by pressure applied during rotation on a lathe
"spun metal components"
- draw out and twist (the fibres of wool, cotton, or other material) to convert them into yarn, either by hand or with machinery
"an old lady sat, spinning thread"
- make (threads) by drawing out and twisting fibres of wool, cotton, or other material
"this method is used to spin filaments from syrups"
- (of a spider or a silkworm or other insect) produce (gossamer or silk) or construct (a web or cocoon) by extruding a fine viscous thread from a special gland
- give (a news story) a particular emphasis or bias
"ministers may now find it difficult to use the programme to spin stories in their favour"
- fish with a spinner
"they were spinning for salmon in the lake"
- a rapid turning or whirling motion
"he concluded the dance with a double spin"
- revolving motion imparted to a ball in a game, especially cricket, tennis, or snooker
"this racket enables the player to impart more spin to the ball"
- an uncontrolled fast revolving descent of an aircraft, resulting from a stall
"he tried to stop the plane from going into a spin"
- the intrinsic angular momentum of a subatomic particle
- a brief trip in a vehicle for pleasure
"a spin around town"
- the presentation of information in a particular way; a slant, especially a favourable one
"officials put a positive spin on the report"
- a piece of good or bad luck
"Kevin had had a rough spin"