v
(transitive, intransitive) To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
n
The act of one who bounds or leaps.
v
To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
v
(intransitive) To revolve
v
To stop or slow rotation.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To circulate.
v
To rotate, to move in a circle.
n
(automotive) An automobile driving manoeuvre where the driver starts turning the vehicle and then pulls on the handbrake to make the rear tyres lose adhesion and thus cause the back of the vehicle to slide around (in the direction of the turn).
n
(figuratively) A meaningless cycle; a bustle of activity that gets nowhere
n
The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.
v
(intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
v
(of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically.
v
(intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
v
(transitive) To put onto a reel; to completely reel.
n
revolution (of something spinning)
n
Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
n
(theater) The rotating section itself.
v
(transitive) To pack up into a bundle or bindle.
v
(transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
n
(chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
v
(transitive) To shape something into a curve.
v
(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something.
n
A full encirclement of an object with rope.
adj
Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping.
v
(computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
v
(automotive, of a driver, transitive, intransitive) To cause one's vehicle to rotate about the yaw axis while skidding, such that the vehicle's longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion; or to experience such behavior from one's vehicle.
v
(transitive, intransitive) to rotate; to revolve
v
(computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.
n
(automotive) A skid that results in a vehicle rotating such that its longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion.
v
(transitive) To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
n
Synonym of hammerhead turn
v
To arch the back and thrust the hips backwards.
adv
back and forth; with a reciprocating motion.
v
Alternative spelling of to and fro [To go back and forth; to alternate.]
v
(physics, mechanics) To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.
v
(cycling) To make a wheel level, balanced or even by adjusting the spokes; to true a wheel; ideally, to make it perfectly circular in relation to the hub with no left or right bulges nor 'flat spots'.
n
(swimming) A turn used to reverse the direction in which the person is swimming.
n
(plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
v
(intransitive) To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable.
v
(intransitive) To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
n
The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.
n
A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
v
(intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
v
(intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl about.
v
(intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl around.
n
Alternative form of whip-round [(chiefly UK, informal) A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.]
v
(dialectal) To cause to turn.
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