Sekirov Dictionary

spin

/spɪn/

verb21

  1. to keep going around in circles on one point, often at high speed
  2. To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
  3. To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
  4. To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
  5. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
  6. To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
  7. 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.
  8. (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
  9. (informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
  10. To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
  11. To move sideways when bouncing.
  12. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
  13. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
  14. To move swiftly.
  15. To draw out tediously; prolong.
  16. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
  17. To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
  18. 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.
  19. To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
  20. (UK, slang) To search rapidly.
  21. (slang, no longer used) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).

noun16

  1. Circular motion, usually rapid.
  2. Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
  3. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
  4. An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
  5. (figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
  6. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
  7. A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
  8. A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
  9. A state of confusion or disorientation.
  10. A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
  11. The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
  12. (UK, slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
  13. Clipping of spinnaker.
  14. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
  15. (slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
  16. (old-fashioned) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
forms

spinned · spint · spun · span · spinning · spinneth · spins · spinnest

Phrases with spin

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