English Explanatory Dictionary

spin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
  2. To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
  3. To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
  4. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
  5. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
  6. To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
  7. To move sideways when bouncing.
  8. To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. To move swiftly.
  12. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
noun
  1. Rapid circular motion.
  2. A state of confusion or disorientation.
  3. A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
  4. A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
  5. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
  6. Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
  7. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
  8. 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.
  9. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
  10. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
  11. A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
  12. A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
noun
  1. Clipping of spinnaker.
noun
  1. A special interest of an autistic person.

Pronunciation

/spɪn/ en-us-spin.ogg en-au-spin.ogg

Word forms

spin spins spinning spun span spinned

Etymology

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Dutch, German spinnen (“to spin”), Luxembourgish spannen (“to spin”), Yiddish שפּינען (shpinen, “spin”), Danish spinde (“to spin”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish spinna (“to spin”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk spinne (“to spin”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan, “to spin”).

Synonyms

whitewash sugarcoat put lipstick on gild blandish dress up spin out flunk plough pluck swazz spinning spinterest

Related words

spider spindle turn around

Derived words

bespin biospin make someone's head spin misspin outspin overspin prespin respin spin a tale spinathon spin a yarn spinback spin bowler spinbox spincast spincoat spindizzy spin doctor spin down spinfection spin in one's grave spinnability spinnable spinner spinny spinoculation spin off spinon spin one's wheels spinonym spinoptics spinorama spinout spin out spinplasmonics spin plates spin round spin someone's wheels spinson spinster spinternet spintext spin the bottle spin the trencher spin up unspin you must spoil before you spin antispin backspin barspin Biellmann spin camel spin cytospin despin electron spin resonance finger spin flat spin forespin free spin headspin

Translations

Aromanian: anvãrtescu Azerbaijani: fırlanmaq Bulgarian: въртя Bulgarian: фалцирам Catalan: giravoltar Catalan: girar Catalan: voltar Cherokee: ᎠᏗᏆᎸᏕᏲᎭ Chinese Mandarin: 轉動 /转动 Chinese Mandarin: 自轉 /自转 Dutch: draaien Dutch: spinnen Esperanto: giri Finnish: pyöriä Finnish: kieppua Finnish: pyörittää Finnish: kieputtaa Finnish: pyörähtää Finnish: kiepahtaa (momentane) Finnish: pyöräyttää Finnish: kiepauttaa (momentane) Finnish: lyödä kierre French: tournoyer French: pivoter rapidement German: rotieren German: schleudern Hebrew: הסתובב Hungarian: forog Hungarian: pörög Irish: sníomh Italian: girare Italian: far girare Italian: ruotare Italian: piroettare Italian: testacoda Japanese: 回転する Khmer: បង្វិល Korean: 회전하다 Kyrgyz: айлануу Kyrgyz: айлантуу Latin: gȳrō Māori: ārohirohi Norwegian: spinne Occitan: tornejar Occitan: rotar Occitan: girar Polish: obracać się Polish: wirować Portuguese: girar Portuguese: rodar Romanian: învârti Russian: верте́ться Russian: крути́ться Russian: враща́ться Russian: вертеть Russian: крутить Russian: вращать Spanish: girar Spanish: rotar Spanish: dar vueltas Swedish: snurra Swedish: snurra runt Thai: หมุน Thai: ปั่น Turkish: dolanmak Turkish: dönmek Ottoman Turkish: دونمك Ukrainian: крути́тися Ukrainian: верті́тися Ukrainian: оберта́тися Vietnamese: quay Yiddish: שפּינען Bulgarian: фалц Catalan: efecte Finnish: kierre French: effet French: brossage German: Drall Italian: effetto Norwegian: spinn Spanish: rosca Spanish: ajuaishte Swedish: skruv
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