Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: Rapid circular motion.
Example: He put some spin on the cue ball.
Definition: A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
Definition: A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
Example: The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
Synonyms: propaganda,
Definition: Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
Definition: A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
Definition: A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
Example: I’m off out for a spin in my new sports car.
Definition: A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
Definition: A single play of a record by a radio station.
Definition: A search of a prisoner’s cell for forbidden articles.
Definition: Unmarried woman, spinster.
Definition: The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
verb
Definition: To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Example: I spun myself around a few times.
Definition: To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
Example: They spin the cotton into thread.
Definition: To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
Definition: (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
Definition: (of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
Definition: To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
Definition: 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.
Definition: 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.
Definition: To move swiftly.
Example: to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
Definition: To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
Example: Blood spins from a vein.
Definition: To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
Definition: To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
Definition: To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
Definition: An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.