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| spin [ spin ] |
verb (past spun [ spun ] or span (archaic) [ span ], past participle spun, present participle spin·ning, 3rd person present singular spins) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb rotate something quickly: to turn round and round rapidly, or make something turn round and round rapidly, as if on an axis
  He spun a coin.
dancers spinning around the room
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2. intransitive verb rotate freely: to revolve or rotate rapidly around an axis
Our wheels spun on the ice.
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3. intransitive verb face about quickly: to turn around rapidly to face in the opposite direction
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4. transitive and intransitive verb create yarn from raw materials: to twist raw fibers, e.g. of wool, silk, or cotton, so that they form a continuous yarn or thread
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5. transitive and intransitive verb make web or cocoon: to make a web or cocoon from filaments extruded from the body
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6. transitive and intransitive verb give public biased information: to present information in a way meant to influence public opinion
Nobody will give you an unvarnished fact; it has to be spun and interpreted.
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7. transitive and intransitive verb rotate something rapidly in changed direction: to strike, throw, or kick something in a way that makes it revolve and change direction when it hits something, or rotate and change direction in this way
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8. transitive and intransitive verb aviation make aircraft dive steeply: to go into a steep spiral dive, or make an aircraft do this
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9. transitive verb music play recording: to play a piece of recorded music
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informal
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10. transitive verb invent story: to make up an extended story or a series of lies
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11. transitive and intransitive verb shape public opinion: to cast somebody's remarks or relate a story in such a way as to influence public opinion in a desired way
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slang
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12. transitive and intransitive verb dry something by rotation: to remove water, especially from washed clothes, by rotating them rapidly in a machine
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13. intransitive verb become dizzy: to feel dazed, as if whirling round
My head was spinning.
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14. intransitive verb drive fast and well: to drive smoothly and speedily
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15. intransitive verb fishing fish with rapidly moving bait: to fish with a rod, line, and reel, constantly drawing a revolving bait or lure through the water
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noun (plural spins) |
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1. rotation: a quick rotating movement
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2. rotation causing changed direction: rotation given to a ball to make it change direction
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3. interpretive point of view: a viewpoint, bias, or interpretation meant to influence public opinion
There's no way the company can put a favorable spin on this disaster.
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4. rotation while skating: a stationary rotation during figure skating
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5. aviation spiraling dive: a steep spiral dive in an aircraft
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6. short journey in vehicle: a brief journey taken for pleasure in a motor vehicle
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informal
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7. drying operation in washing machine: the rapid rotation of washed clothes in a washing machine to remove most of the moisture from them
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8. dizzy state: a state of mental disorientation or dizziness
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9. physics angular momentum: the intrinsic angular momentum of an elementary particle or system of such particles independent of its motion
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10. physics quantum property of angular momentum: the quantum property or number of an elementary particle that is a measure of its intrinsic angular momentum and magnetic moment
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| [ Old English spinnan< Indo-European, "to stretch, spin"] |
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in a spin in a state of confusion or panic (dated)
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spin your wheels expend a lot of effort without making progress
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