ALL meanings of spin
spin
S s - verb with object spin Informal. to play (phonograph records): a job spinning records on a radio show. 1
- verb with object spin Metalworking. to shape (sheet metal) into a hollow, rounded form by pressure from a tool while rotating the metal on a lathe or wheel. 1
- verb with object spin to produce, fabricate, or evolve in a manner suggestive of spinning thread: to spin a tale of sailing ships and bygone days. 1
- verb with object spin Rocketry. to cause intentionally (a rocket or guided missile) to undergo a roll. 1
- verb with object spin to draw out, protract, or prolong (often followed by out): He spun the project out for over three years. 1
- verb with object spin British. to flunk a student in an examination or a term's work. 1
- verb with object spin Slang. to cause to have a particular bias; influence in a certain direction: His assignment was to spin the reporters after the president's speech. 1
- verb without object spin to revolve or rotate rapidly, as the earth or a top. 1
- verb without object spin to produce a thread from the body, as spiders or silkworms. 1
- verb without object spin to produce yarn or thread by spinning. 1
- verb without object spin to move, go, run, ride, or travel rapidly. 1
- verb without object spin to have a sensation of whirling; reel: My head began to spin and I fainted. 1
- verb without object spin to fish with a spinning or revolving bait. 1
- noun spin the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion. 1
- noun spin a spinning motion given to a ball, wheel, axle, or other object. 1
- noun spin a downward movement or trend, especially one that is sudden, alarming, etc.: Steel prices went into a spin. 1
- noun spin a rapid run, ride, drive, or the like, as for exercise or enjoyment: They went for a spin in the car. 1
- noun spin Slang. a particular viewpoint or bias, especially in the media; slant: They tried to put a favorable spin on the news coverage of the controversial speech. 1
- noun spin Also called tailspin, tail spin. Aeronautics. a maneuver in which an airplane descends in a vertical direction along a helical path of large pitch and small radius at an angle of attack greater than the critical angle, dangerous when not done intentionally or under control. 1
- noun spin Rocketry. the act of intentionally causing a rocket or guided missile to undergo a roll. a roll so caused. 1
- noun spin Also called spin angular momentum. Physics. the intrinsic angular momentum characterizing each kind of elementary particle, having one of the values 0, 1/2, 1/3, … when measured in units of Planck's constant divided by 2π. 1
- noun spin Australian. a run of luck; fate. 1
- idioms spin spin one's wheels. wheel (def 27). 1
- idioms spin spin out, (of an automobile) to undergo a spinout. 1
- intransitive verb spin rotate 1
- noun spin biased viewpoint 1
- intransitive verb spin turn fibres into thread 1
- intransitive verb spin spider: weave a web 1
- noun spin short drive 1
- intransitive verb spin suffer from vertigo 1
- intransitive verb spin DJ: operate turntable 1
- transitive verb spin fibres: turn into thread 1
- transitive verb spin weave: a web 1
- transitive verb spin tell: a story 1
- verb with object spin to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels. 1
- verb with object spin to form (the fibers of any material) into thread or yarn: The machine spins nylon thread. 1
- verb with object spin (of spiders, silkworms, etc.) to produce (a thread, cobweb, gossamer, silk, etc.) by extruding from the body a long, slender filament of a natural viscous matter that hardens in the air. 1
- verb with object spin to cause to turn around rapidly, as on an axis; twirl; whirl: to spin a coin on a table. 1
- verb spin If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point. 0
- verb spin Spin is also a noun. 0
- verb spin When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out. 0
- verb spin If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited. 0
- singular noun spin If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way. 0
- uncountable noun spin In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media. 0
- singular noun spin If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short journey in a car just to enjoy yourself. 0
- verb spin If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true. 0
- verb spin When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine. 0
- singular noun spin If a plane goes into a spin, it falls very rapidly towards the ground in a spiral movement. 0
- uncountable noun spin In a game such as tennis or cricket, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it. 0
- verb spin to rotate or cause to rotate rapidly, as on an axis 0