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(sports) An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction.
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(sports) The act of spinning 540 degrees in the air, making 1½ turns.
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(sports) The act of spinning 720 degrees in the air, doing two complete turns.
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(sports) The act of spinning 900 degrees in the air, doing two and a half complete turns.
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Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
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A device used for recreation, athletic training, circus acts, etc. consisting of a rectangular or circular board on a fulcrum on which board the user attempts to balance.
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Alternative spelling of barspin [A BMX bicycle trick in which the rider whips the handlebars around while in the air and then catches them while still in the air.]
adj
Having a (specified kind of) battery.
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(toys) A type of spinning top toy originally developed and manufactured by Takara Tomy.
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(sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
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(figure skating) A jump that involves two or two-and-a-half rotations in the air.
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(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 2 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with two complete twists.
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(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
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(curling) The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).
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Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
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Alternative spelling of free spin [A usually unintentional maneuver in which an operator loses control of the vehicle.]
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(climbing) A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
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A toy in the form of a large hoop which is twirled around various parts of the body, especially the waist.
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(uncountable, US, sports) A sport in which two people balance on a log floating in a body of water, each one aiming to cause the opponent to fall off by rolling or kicking the log.
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A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
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(juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
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(archaic, uncountable) An old children's game where pins are placed on a table and each player tries to push his pin so as to cross the other's.
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A small, round, durable trampoline used in rebound exercise.
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(intransitive) To roller skate.
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Alternative spelling of scissor kick [(soccer) A bicycle kick.]
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(golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
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Rotation around a vertical axis that makes a ball or other object curve in flight.
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(ice hockey) To defeat convincingly; trounce.
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(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
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The act or practice of a spin doctor.
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An area where debate participants speak with their representatives, and/or other interested parties attempt to "spin" or influence the perception of a debate, usually among assembled reporters.
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(slang, rare) A long period of spinning.
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(slang) A record turntable or CD player.
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A split shot or split stroke.
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(informal, sports) spin (effect put on a ball to make it curve while moving through the air)
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(figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
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A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
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A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion.
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(countable, sports) A shot using backspin.
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An item of exercising equipment which challenges the sportsman to balance his weight on it as it could tilt in any direction.
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Alternative form of wobble board [An item of exercising equipment which challenges the sportsman to balance his weight on it as it could tilt in any direction.]
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(curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
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