spinning

[ˈspɪnɪŋ]

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Spinning refers to moving rapidly around a central point or axis. Think of a top spinning on the floor.

You might see someone spinning plates at a circus performance - they throw them up and make them spin before catching them again. Or, you could be on a spinning bike in a gym class, where the pedals move round as you pedal to get your heart rate up.

How common is "spinning"?

Word spinning is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

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.