Word Finder - spin

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Rapid circular motion.

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He put some spin on the cue ball.

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A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

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A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

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The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.

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• propaganda

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Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

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A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.

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A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

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I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.

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A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

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A single play of a record by a radio station.

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A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.

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Unmarried woman, spinster.

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The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

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To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

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I spun myself around a few times.

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To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

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They spin the cotton into thread.

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To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.

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(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

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(of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.

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To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar

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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.

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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.

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To move swiftly.

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to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

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To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

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Blood spins from a vein.

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To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

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To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

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To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

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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.