spin

Meaning

Verb

1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
2. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
3. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
4. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
5. (figuratively) 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. (intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
14. (intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
15. (informal, transitive) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
16. (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
17. (intransitive) To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
18. (UK, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
19. (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
20. To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
21. (archaic, slang, transitive) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Rapid circular motion.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state of confusion or disorientation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
4. (countable, uncountable) A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
6. (countable, uncountable) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
7. (countable, uncountable) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
8. (countable, uncountable) 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.
9. (countable, uncountable) A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
10. (countable, uncountable) A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
11. (countable, uncountable) A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
12. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
13. (countable, dated, uncountable) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
14. (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

Noun

Clipping of spinnaker.

Noun

A special interest of an autistic person.

Synonyms

rotate

turn

whirl

revolve

twirl

twist

reel

roll

rotation

gyrate

weave

wind

go round

coil

swivel

pivot

tailspin

run

swirl

revolution

twisting

troll

🧌

spin out

rewind

⏪

curl

turning

whirling

clue

twiddle

turn over

twine

turn around

touch

turn round and round

fiddle with

swing

tincture

spinning

circle

⭕

tinge

going round

birl

spiral

stir

curve

plait

prolong

pirouette

tone

spin around

Translations

spinnen

hilar

filer

pivoter

spinnen

filare

fiar

girar

giro

girar

tournoyer

girare

tourner

ruotare

Spin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: spinnen

Inherited from Old English: spinnan

Cognate with Low German: spinnen

Cognate with Dutch: spinnen

Cognate with German: spinnen

Cognate with Danish: spinde

Cognate with Swedish: spinna

In summary

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch, German spinnen (“to spin”), Luxembourgish spannen (“to spin”), Yiddish שפּינען (shpinen, “spin”), Danish spinde (“to spin”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish spinna (“to spin”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk spinne (“to spin”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan, “to spin”).