A spin is a movement where something rotates around its center point.
When we talk about spinning, we often mean moving our body in a rotating motion, like on ice skates or a merry-go-round. You might also hear people say that news stories or rumors are "spinning" to make them sound more exciting or appealing. For example, if a TV show is presenting a biased view of an event, it's like they're spinning the truth to fit their story. In sports, a player might be accused of spinning a ball to deceive the opposing team. It can also refer to twisting or turning something in your hands, like when you spin a plate on its edge.
How common is "spin"?
Word spin is considered uncommon in modern English. It appears most frequently in fiction texts and less often in other writings.
Definitions
noun
Rapid circular motion.
Example: He put some spin on the cue ball.
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
Example: The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
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.
Example: I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
A single play of a record by a radio station.
A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
Unmarried woman, spinster.
The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
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verb
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Example: I spun myself around a few times.
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
Example: They spin the cotton into thread.
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
(of a ball) 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.
Example: to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
Example: Blood spins from a vein.
To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
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.
