spinner

noun23

1. •
   Someone who or something that spins.
2. •
   Someone who spins yarn from loose fiber.
3. •
   A spin bowler.
4. •
   A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.

   • I got a four on the spinner and moved my counter forward four spaces on the board.
5. •
   Ellipsis of fidget spinner.
6. •
   An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.

   • Select the number of copies you would like to print using the Number of copies spinner. — 1997
7. •
   A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
8. •
   A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
9. •
   An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
10. •
    (slang) A spin doctor.
11. •
    A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.

    • Robert had never done a spinner in his life. — 1966
12. •
    A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
13. •
    (slang) A disc jockey.
14. •
    (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
15. •
    (slang) A hard disk drive.

    • Absolutely do not use a spinner for running games (archiving, yes). — 2022
16. •
    A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
17. •
    A spinneret.
18. •
    (Australia, slang) A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
19. •
    (Australia, New-Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
20. •
    (slang, vulgar) Primarily in the adult film industry, a woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.

    • He hadn't dated any Asian girls at Princeton, even though there were tons of them. They tended to be petite, and he wasn't into little girls, "spinners," as Andy called them. — 2012
21. •
    A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
22. •
    A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
23. •
    (no longer used) A spider.