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Meaning
Verb
●
In Aviation:
To
rotate
,
revolve
,
gyrate
(usually
quickly
); to
partially
or
completely
rotate
to
face
another direction.
To
enter
, or
remain
in, a
spin
(abnormal
stalled
flight
mode).
To cause
one's
aircraft
to
enter
or
remain
in a
spin
(abnormal
stalled
flight
mode).
●
To
rotate
,
revolve
,
gyrate
(usually
quickly
); to
partially
or
completely
rotate
to
face
another direction.
●
To make
yarn
by
twisting
and
winding
fibers
together.
●
To present,
describe
, or
interpret
, or to
introduce
a
bias
or
slant
,
so as to
give something a
favorable
or
advantageous
appearance.
●
In Cricket:
To make the
ball
move sideways
when it
bounces
on the pitch.
●
In Cricket:
To
move sideways
when bouncing.
●
In 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
stream
or
issue
in a
thread
or a small current or jet.
●
In Computing & Programming:
To
wait
in a
loop
until some
condition
becomes true.
●
To
play
(
vinyl records
, etc.) as a
disc
jockey.
●
In Cycling:
To use an
exercise bicycle
, especially as part of a
gym
class.
●
In Cycling:
To
ride
a
bicycle
at a
fast
cadence.
●
In British English & Law enforcement:
To
search
rapidly.
Noun
●
Rapid
circular
motion.
●
A state of
confusion
or disorientation.
●
In Physics:
A
quantum
angular momentum
associated with
subatomic particles
, which also
creates
a
magnetic
moment.
●
A
favourable
comment
or
interpretation
intended
to
bias
opinion
on an otherwise
unpleasant
situation.
●
In Sports:
Rotation of the
ball
as it
flies
through the
air
; sideways
movement
of the
ball
as it bounces.
●
In Aviation:
A
condition
of
flight
where a
stalled
aircraft
is
simultaneously
pitching
,
yawing
, and
rolling in
a
spinning
motion.
●
In Mechanical engineering:
An
abnormal
condition
in
journal bearings
where the
bearing
seizes
to the
rotating
shaft
and
rotates
inside the
journal
,
destroying
both the
shaft
and the
journal
.
●
A
brief
trip
by
vehicle
, especially one
made for
pleasure.
●
A
bundle
of
spun
material
; a
mass
of
strands
and filaments.
●
A
single
play
of a
record
by a
radio
station.
●
In British English:
A
search
of a prisoner's cell for
forbidden
articles.
●
An
unmarried
woman
; a spinster.
●
The use of an
exercise bicycle
, especially as part of a
gym
class.
●
In Nautical:
Short for spinnaker.
●
Special interest of an
autistic
person.
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Origin
spin
English
spinnan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
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