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Definition: Meaning of, spin in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / spɪn /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
spin spun spun
Present Participle Third Person Singular
spinning spins
  1. turn around [intransitive and transitive] to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this
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  2. somebody's head is spinning also the room is spinning if your head or the room is spinning, you feel as if you might FAINT (= become unconscious) because you are shocked, excited, or drunk
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  3. situation/information [transitive] to describe a situation or information in a way that is intended to influence the way people think about it - used especially about what politicians or business people do
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  4. spin a tale/story/yarn to tell a story, especially using a lot of imagination
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  5. wool/cotton [intransitive and transitive] to make cotton, wool etc into thread by twisting it
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  6. drive [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] written to drive or travel quickly [=  speed]
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  7. spin your wheels American English to continue trying to do something without having any success
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  8. wet clothes [transitive] British English to get water out of clothes using a machine after you have washed them
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  9. insect [transitive] if a SPIDER or insect spins a WEB or COCOON, it produces thread to make it
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spin spins
  1. turning [countable] an act of turning around quickly
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  2. car [singular] informal a short trip in a car for pleasure [=  drive]
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  3. ball [uncountable] if you put spin on a ball in a game such as tennis or CRICKET, you deliberately make the ball turn very quickly so that it is difficult for your opponent to hit
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  4. information [singular, uncountable] the way someone, especially a politician or business person, talks about information or a situation, especially in order to influence the way people think about it
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  5. aircraft [singular] if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls suddenly, turning around and around
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  6. in/into a (flat) spin if you are in a spin, you are very confused and anxious
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  7. wet clothes give something a spin British English to turn clothes around very fast in a machine to remove water from them
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spin used in phrases

  • electron spin resonance (noun)
    1. microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet
  • off spin (noun)
    1. cricket spin bowling delivery that spins the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side towards the leg side
  • spin around (verb)
    1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  • spin bowler (noun)
    1. cricket a bowler who bowls the ball with spin on it, such that the ball moves in an irregular manner after it bounces
  • spin doctor (noun)
    1. someone whose job is to give information to the public in a way that gives the best possible advantage to a politician or organization
  • spin drier (noun)
    1. a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it
  • spin dryer (noun)
    1. a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it
  • spin the bottle (noun)
    1. a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning
  • spin the plate (noun)
    1. as a plate a game in which something round is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit
  • spin the platter (noun)
    1. as a plate a game in which something round is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit
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spin used in phrasal verbs

  • spin off (phrasal verb)
    1. to create something new based on something else that already exists
    2. to make part of a company into a new independent company
  • spin out (phrasal verb)
    1. to make something last for a long time, usually longer than is good or necessary
  • spin round (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] same as spin1
    2. [transitive] spin something round same as spin1
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