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spin
English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Verb
spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past and past participle spun or span)
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- I spun myself around a few times.
- Spin the ball on the floor.
- She spun around and gave him a big smile.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- 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.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (cooking) 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.
- 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.
- Blood spins from a vein.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- (intransitive) 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.
- (Britain, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
- But then again, unless someone struck lucky in those first few hours, there weren't even enough detectives to spin a drum [house].
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
Synonyms
- (give something a favorable appearance): whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up
Hypernyms
- revolve
- rotate
- turn
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- turn around
Noun
spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)
- Rapid circular motion.
- The car went into a spin.
- The skaters demonstrated their spins.
- He put some spin on the cue ball.
- (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
- The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
- Synonym: propaganda
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (aviation) 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.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- (Britain, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- Mr Weedon explains that this is a cell search - known by prisoners as a spin - and for obvious reasons it has to be carried out without any warning.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (nautical) Short for spinnaker.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Hyphenation: spin
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spinne.
Noun
spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)
- spider, member of the order Araneae
Derived terms
- kruisspin
- spinnekop
- spinnendoder
- spinnenweb
- vogelspin
- wolfsspin
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) particle spin
Derived terms
- kernspin
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (uncountable)
- political spin, media spin
Derived terms
- spindoctor
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
spin
- first-person singular present indicative of spinnen
- imperative of spinnen
Faroese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi?n/
Noun
spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)
- sperm
Declension
Synonyms
- spina
Anagrams
- nisp
- pins
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Alternative forms
- spinni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spin/, [?s?pin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: spin
Noun
spin
- (physics) spin
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin
Derived terms
- spineur
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- thorn bush
Related terms
- spine
Garo
Etymology
Cognate with Kokborok siping (“sesame”).
Noun
spin
- sesame
Hungarian
Etymology
From English spin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
spin (plural spinek)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
References
Middle English
Noun
spin
- Alternative form of spyne
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?in/
Etymology 1
From English spin.
Noun
spin m inan
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) spinowy
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
spin f
- genitive plural of spina
Further reading
- spin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- spin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus, from sp?na, from Proto-Italic *spein?, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Compare Aromanian schin
Noun
spin m (plural spini)
- thorn
Declension
Synonyms
- ghimpe, aculeu
Related terms
- spinos
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
Noun
spin (plural spins)
- (South Scots) Alternative form of spuin
Spanish
Alternative forms
- espín
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?pin/, [es?p?n]
Noun
spin m (plural spines)
- spin (clarification of this definition is needed)
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)
- spider
Further reading
- “spin”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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cartwheel
English
Etymology
cart +? wheel
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??t?wi?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k??t?wil/
Noun
cartwheel (plural cartwheels)
- The literal wheel of a cart.
- A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
- (Britain, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
- 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
- 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- (US, historical, obsolete slang) A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.
Translations
Verb
cartwheel (third-person singular simple present cartwheels, present participle cartwheeling, simple past and past participle cartwheeled)
- To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
- To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.
- The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line.
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