'SPIN' definitions:
Definition of 'spin'
From: WordNet
noun
A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
noun
The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl]
noun
A short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"
noun
Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral [syn: tailspin, spin]
noun
A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"
verb
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
verb
Stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
verb
verb
Make up a story; "spin a yarn"
verb
Form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
verb
Work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
verb
Twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
verb
Prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" [syn: spin, spin out]
Definition of 'Spin'
From: GCIDE
- Spin \Spin\, n.
- 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Politics) an interpretation of an event which is favorable to the interpreter or to the person s/he supports. A person whose task is to provide such interpretations for public relations purposes is called a spin doctor. [PJC] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spin'
From: GCIDE
- Spin \Spin\, v. i.
- 1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. [1913 Webster]
- They neither know to spin, nor care to toll. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. [1913 Webster]
- Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- airing,
- angle,
- angular momentum,
- angular motion,
- angular velocity,
- ascend,
- axial motion,
- back,
- back up,
- bait the hook,
- bank,
- bob,
- bowling,
- budge,
- centrifugate,
- centrifugation,
- centrifuge,
- change,
- change place,
- Charybdis,
- circle,
- circulate,
- circulation,
- circumgyration,
- circumrotate,
- circumrotation,
- circumvolute,
- clam,
- climb,
- come about,
- concoct,
- continue,
- crab,
- crack up,
- crank,
- crash,
- dap,
- derive,
- descend,
- devise,
- dib,
- dibble,
- dip,
- dizzy,
- dizzy round,
- drag out,
- draw out,
- drive,
- ebb,
- eddy,
- excursion,
- extend,
- fabricate,
- feather,
- fetch about,
- filament,
- fish,
- fishtail,
- flat spin,
- flow,
- fluster,
- fly-fish,
- full circle,
- get over,
- giddy,
- gig,
- gin,
- go,
- go about,
- go around,
- go fishing,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- grig,
- guddle,
- gurge,
- gyrate,
- gyration,
- gyre,
- heel,
- invent,
- jack,
- jacklight,
- jaunt,
- jig,
- joyride,
- keep alive,
- keep going,
- lift,
- loop,
- maelstrom,
- make up,
- mix up,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- muddle,
- narrate,
- net,
- oscillate,
- outing,
- pendulate,
- perpetuate,
- pickup,
- pirouette,
- pivot,
- pivot about,
- pivoting,
- plow,
- plunge,
- porpoise,
- produce,
- progress,
- prolong,
- protract,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- purl,
- push down,
- put about,
- rat race,
- recount,
- reel,
- reeling,
- regress,
- relate,
- retail,
- retrogress,
- revolution,
- revolve,
- revolving,
- ride,
- rise,
- roll,
- rolling,
- rotate,
- rotating,
- rotation,
- rotational motion,
- round,
- run,
- screw,
- seine,
- separate,
- shift,
- shred,
- shrimp,
- sideslip,
- sink,
- skid,
- soar,
- spin off,
- spin out,
- spinning,
- spiral,
- still-fish,
- stir,
- stream,
- stretch out,
- stunt,
- subside,
- Sunday drive,
- surge,
- swim,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swinging,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- swivel,
- swiveling,
- tailspin,
- tell,
- torch,
- tour,
- travel,
- trawl,
- troll,
- trolling,
- trundling,
- turbination,
- turn,
- turn a pirouette,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn round,
- turn tail,
- turning,
- twirl,
- twirling,
- twist,
- undulate,
- unfold,
- veer,
- veer around,
- vibrate,
- volutation,
- volution,
- vortex,
- wamble,
- wane,
- weave,
- whale,
- wheel,
- wheel about,
- wheeling,
- whir,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- whirling,
- whirlpool,
- whirlwind,
- wind,
- yaw
Acronyms for 'SPIN'
From: V.E.R.A.
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Words containing 'SPIN'
- Spinning,
- spin off,
- spin out,
- Spinning gland,
- Spinning house,
- Spinning jenny,
- Spinning mite,
- Spinning wheel,
- To spin a yarn,
- To spin hay,
- spin around,
- spin doctor,
- spin drier,
- spin dryer,
- spin the bottle,
- spin the plate,
- spin the platter,
- spin-off,
- spinning frame,
- spinning machine,
- spinning rod,
- spinning top,
- To spin street yarn,
- electron spin resonance,
- spin-dry,
- yarn-spinning,
- web-spinning mite