SPINNER

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• 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