spinner
(noun) fisherman’s lure; revolves when drawn through the water
spinner
(noun) board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
spinner, spinster, thread maker
(noun) someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spinner (plural spinners)
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.
(Australia, NZ) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
(slang, cinema) Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
(computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
(cricket) A spin bowler.
(fishing) 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
The European Nightjar, Camprimulgus europaeus.
A spinneret.
(archaic) A spider.
(Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
(politics, slang) A spin doctor.
Short for fidget spinner.
(pinball) 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.
• nesprin, pinners
Source: Wiktionary
Spin"ner, n.
1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A spinneret. Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
