spin

Meaning

1. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
2. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
3. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
4. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
5. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
6. To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
7. To move sideways when bouncing.
8. To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. To move swiftly.
12. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
13. To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
14. (informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
15. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
16. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
17. (slang) To search rapidly.
18. To draw out tediously; prolong.
19. To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
20. (slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).

rotate

going round

spin around

whirl around

swing

tincture

revolve extremely fast

turn round and round

axial rotation

be busy

be confused

feel dizzy

feel faint

mill about

play with

make yarn

change wording

autogiration

whirlabout

wiredrawing

air

be bustling about

cause to spin

vertiginate

scour after

wire stretching

wire-draw

mould pressing

drag one’s feet

drag one’s heels

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɪn/

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.