different between hubcap vs spinner

English

Alternative forms

• hub cap

Etymology

hub +? cap

Noun

hubcap (plural hubcaps)

1. A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.

Synonyms

• wheel cover, wheel trim

Translations

Further reading

• hubcap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English spynner; equivalent to spin +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)

Noun

spinner (plural spinners)

1. Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
2. A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
3. A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.

   I got a four on the spinner and moved my counter forward four spaces on the board.

4. (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
5. (slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
6. (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
   • 1997, Lynn Marie Bacon, Getting started with Microsoft PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95 (page 51)

     Select the number of copies you would like to print using the Number of copies spinner.

7. (cricket) A spin bowler.
8. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
9. An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
10. The European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus.
11. The dolphin Stenella longirostris.

    Synonym: spinner dolphin

12. A spinneret.
13. (archaic) A spider.
14. (Jamaican) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
15. (politics, slang) A spin doctor.
    • 2011, Larry the Cat, The Larry Diaries: Downing Street - The First 100 Days (page 15)

      He's been telling his army of spinners, and DC and Boy George too, that Radio 4 is for the chattering classes, and only people like Cameron and Miliband tune in to watch Paxo on Newsnight last thing at night.

16. Short for fidget spinner.
17. (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.

Derived terms

• fidget spinner
• ring spinner

Translations

Anagrams

• nesprin, pinners

Dutch

Etymology

From spinnen (“to spin”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: spin?ner

Noun

spinner m (plural spinners, diminutive spinnertje n)

1. a spinner: someone who makes yarn from loose fibers.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spinner

1. present of spinne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spine?/, [?spi.ne?]

• IPA^(key): /es?pine?/, [es?pi.ne?]

Noun

spinner m (plural spinners or spinner)

1. fidget spinner

Swedish

Verb

spinner

1. present tense of spinna.

Anagrams

• prinsen