spinner
Meaning
- Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- (slang) Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- A spin bowler.
- A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
- A spinneret.
- A spider.
- A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- (slang) A spin doctor.
- Short for fidget spinner.
- 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.
- (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
Synonyms
thread maker
spinning-machine
throwster
spinning machine
spinning mill employee
artificial fly
European goatsucker
European nightjar
spinning rod
centrifugal spreader
spoon bait
bow cap
centrifugal distributor
centrifugal spinning disk
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈspɪnɚ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English spynnere; equivalent to spin + -er.
New
spin
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- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To move sideways when bouncing.
- To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- 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.
- 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.
- To move swiftly.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (slang) To search rapidly.
- To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- (slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
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