n
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
v
To execute using a breaking wheel.
n
(slang) Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.
n
The motion or use of a cantilever.
v
To revolve or change places.
n
A bar used for doing chin-ups or pull-ups (exercises in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar)
v
(transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
n
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
n
The act of turning the wheels of a car that is not moving.
n
A kind of chin-up or pull-up exercise where the head is kept in line with the bar.
v
Alternative form of slam on the brakes [(idiomatic, transitive) To press down hard on the brakes of a vehicle in order to make it stop suddenly.]
n
(climbing) A kind of piton used in thin cracks.
v
(intransitive) to wind around
n
A yo-yo trick in which the yoyo is made to repeatedly swing around the hand in a looping fashion.
n
The rotation by one step of a fruit machine reel of the player's choice.
n
(by extension) Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
v
To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
v
(transitive, intransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
v
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
v
To apply the brakes excessively, such that their working life will be shortened; most especially, to keep one's foot or hand on the brake pedal or lever even when no braking is needed.
v
To slip the clutch (of a manual transmission) excessively, such that its working life will be shortened; especially, to keep one's foot or hand on the clutch pedal or lever even when no slipping of the clutch is needed.
n
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
n
An inclined slope or chute prepared for rolling logs into a stream or into a mill.
adj
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
v
To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
n
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
v
(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To generate spin (favourable interpretation or bias).
v
(automotive, of a vehicle, intransitive) 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.
adj
(physics) Having spin.
adj
(informal) Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.
adv
(often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, along the direction of spin.
n
A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
v
(transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
v
(transitive) To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
n
A turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
n
Synonym of bottle flipping
v
(military, aviation, slang) To lock one's weapons onto the tail of an enemy aircraft.
v
(transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
v
(transitive) To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair, wheelbarrow or trolley.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly sports) To run around in celebration
v
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of wheel around [(transitive) To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair, wheelbarrow or trolley.]
adj
(informal) Circular; suitable to rotation.
n
The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around).
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