to spin
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1.0
- verb
- /spɪn/
- As the dancer spun gracefully around the stage, the audience watched in awe at her skillful spin.
- spin faster
- the disk spins
- spin on its axis
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Watch on YouTubeHe put his hand here, spun, caught.
- He put his hand here, spun, caught.
- Like as you push the handle down, it spins really, really fast.
- It's it's it's turned like it looks like it just spun in place.
- You're able to put a camera on this and spin it for B roll.
Examples
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But what I really don't get is why Jenna thinks it's so adorable when she spins around in circles.
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The faster a wind turbine spins, the more voltage it generates.
Academic text (2007) -
OK, so watch what happened if I spin the ball right?
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OK, that got it spinning really fast Go.
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And now the bottom arm will spin freely like it should do.
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You spin it round and it kind of sings.
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You stick one wing in the sand and you spin around until you stop.
Fiction book (1990) -
A woman, laughing, grabs Jacob, spins him around, and begins dancing with him.
Fiction book (1990) -
He likes to spin the top until it wobbles and then falls over.
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To demonstrate the experiment, she had to spin the wheel rapidly to show how it created centrifugal force.
Synonyms
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1.0
Move something so it faces a different direction or side
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3.0
To turn around a central point, like a wheel or planet
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2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
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2.1
To turn your body quickly in a circle many times
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2.0
To spin something or yourself quickly and lightly
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4.1
To turn quickly to face a different direction
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4.7
To turn around on a point to face a different way
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4.3
To spin quickly in circles and feel dizzy
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2.8
To spin something quickly so it turns in circles
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3.2
Turn quickly to face the opposite direction
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6.9
Spin around in circles or spirals
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3.7
To move quickly in a circle, often through the air
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4.2
To turn quickly to face a different direction
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1.4
Move your body so you face the opposite direction
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8.4
To turn something quickly between the fingers, like a pen or coin
To spin a log quickly while standing on it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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7.4
To cause someone to feel confused or overwhelmed by too much information
- Informal
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7.0
To leave someone feeling overwhelmed or confused by too much information
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
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7.1
A person who makes news or events look better to influence people's opinions
- Informal
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5.0
A party game where people sit in a circle and spin a bottle to kiss the person it points to
- Specialized
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7.3
A technique using microwaves to study magnetic behavior of electrons in certain materials
- Baby Talk
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9.7
A children's game in which players turn a plate on its edge and try to catch it before it falls
- Baby Talk
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9.3
A children's game where a plate is spun and the named player must catch it or do a silly task
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Etymology
Spin as a verb comes from the old English spinnan, which meant 'to pull and twist thread' on a spindle, and that turning motion gave the word its sense of turning around quickly. So, to spin is to turn or whirl around.