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Spin
spɪn
- turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly
"the girl spun round in alarm"
- (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"