SPIN

spin

(noun) a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); “the campaign put a favorable spin on the story”

tailspin, spin

(noun) rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

spin

(noun) a short drive in a car; “he took the new car for a spin”

spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl

(noun) the act of rotating rapidly; “he gave the crank a spin”; “it broke off after much twisting”

spin

(noun) a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

spin, spin out

(verb) prolong or extend; “spin out a visit”

spin

(verb) twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; “The President’s spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing”

spin

(verb) work natural fibers into a thread; “spin silk”

spin

(verb) form a web by making a thread; “spiders spin a fine web”

spin

(verb) make up a story; “spin a yarn”

spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate

(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis; “The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy”

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

(verb) cause to spin; “spin a coin”

spin

(verb) stream in jets, of liquids; “The creek spun its course through the woods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past (archaic) span or spun, past participle spun)

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

(transitive) 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.

(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.

(cooking) 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.

(computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

(transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

(intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

Synonyms

• (give something a favorable appearance): whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up

Hypernyms

• revolve

• rotate

• turn

Noun

spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)

Rapid circular motion.

(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

(countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

Synonym: propaganda

(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.

A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

A single play of a record by a radio station.

(UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.

(dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.

(uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

Anagrams

• Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip

Source: Wiktionary

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Spin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spun (Archaic imp. Span (); p. pr. & vb. n. Spinning.] Etym: [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. sq. root170. Cf. Span, v. t., Spider.]

1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. Shak.

2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out Sheridan.

3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. L'Estrange.

4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.

5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) 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.

6. (Mech.)

Definition: 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 spin a yarn (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale.

– To spin hay (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.

– To spin street yarn, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.]

Spin, v. i.

1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. They neither know to spin, nor care to toll. Prior.

2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together. Longfellow. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. G. W. Cable.

3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. Shak.

4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.]

Spin, n.

1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [Colloq.]

2. (Kinematics)

Definition: Velocity of rotation about some specified axis. go for a spin take a spin, take a trip in a wheeled vehicle, usu. an automobile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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