spinning
verb
- 1
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
“I spun myself around a few times.”
- 2
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
“They spin the cotton into thread.”
- 3
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- 4
(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- 5
(of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- 6
To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- 7
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.
- 8
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.
- 9
To move swiftly.
“to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.”
- 10
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
“Blood spins from a vein.”
- 11
To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- 12
To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- 13
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- 14
An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
noun
- 1
The motion of something that spins.
- 2
The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
- 3
Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.
adjective
- 1
Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.
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