Definitions from Wiktionary (spin)
▸ verb: (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
▸ verb: (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
▸ verb: (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
▸ verb: (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
▸ verb: (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
▸ verb: (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
▸ verb: (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
▸ verb: (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
▸ verb: To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
▸ verb: To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
▸ verb: To move swiftly.
▸ verb: To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
▸ verb: (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
▸ verb: (cycling, intransitive)
▸ verb: To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
▸ verb: To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
▸ verb: (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
▸ verb: (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
▸ verb: (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
▸ verb: (archaic, transitive, slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
▸ noun: Rapid circular motion.
▸ noun: A state of confusion or disorientation.
▸ noun: (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
▸ noun: A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
▸ noun: (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
▸ noun: (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
▸ noun: (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
▸ noun: A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
▸ noun: A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
▸ noun: A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
▸ noun: (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
▸ noun: (dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
▸ noun: (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
▸ noun: (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker. [(nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.]
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▸ verb: (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
▸ verb: (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
▸ verb: (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
▸ verb: (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
▸ verb: (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
▸ verb: (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
▸ verb: (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
▸ verb: (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
▸ verb: To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
▸ verb: To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
▸ verb: To move swiftly.
▸ verb: To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
▸ verb: (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
▸ verb: (cycling, intransitive)
▸ verb: To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
▸ verb: To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
▸ verb: (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
▸ verb: (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
▸ verb: (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
▸ verb: (archaic, transitive, slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
▸ noun: Rapid circular motion.
▸ noun: A state of confusion or disorientation.
▸ noun: (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
▸ noun: A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
▸ noun: (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
▸ noun: (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
▸ noun: (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
▸ noun: A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
▸ noun: A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
▸ noun: A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
▸ noun: (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
▸ noun: (dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
▸ noun: (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
▸ noun: (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker. [(nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.]
▸ Also see spin
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