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Definition spin

Etymology

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnan?. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

Verb

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

1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
2. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
3. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
4. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
5. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
6. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. To move swiftly.
10. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
11. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
12. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

Noun

spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)

1. Rapid circular motion.
2. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
3. (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
4. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
5. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
6. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
7. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
8. A single play of a record by a radio station.
9. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.

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