'Spinner' definitions:
Definition of 'spinner'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: spinner, spinster, thread maker]
noun
Board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
noun
Fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
Definition of 'Spinner'
From: GCIDE
- Spinner \Spin"ner\ (sp[i^]n"n[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) A spinneret. [1913 Webster]
- Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spinner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bait,
- birdlime,
- bola,
- cobweb,
- dragnet,
- fishhook,
- fly,
- gill net,
- ground bait,
- hook,
- jenny,
- jig,
- lariat,
- lasso,
- lime,
- lure,
- meshes,
- mule,
- net,
- noose,
- plug,
- pound net,
- purse seine,
- seine,
- silkworm,
- snare,
- sniggle,
- spider,
- spinning frame,
- spinning jenny,
- spinster,
- springe,
- squid,
- throstle,
- toils,
- trawl,
- wobbler