to spin around
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2.1
- phrasal verb
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- Hearing the door close, Roy spins around in the wheelchair to face where she'd been.
I mean, they, they just spin around their axis of rotation.
- I mean, they, they just spin around their axis of rotation.
- He hauled up and slapped her so hard she spun around.
- How to jump and spin around?
- And but at least I didn't, didn't spin around.
- And if you want to know how fast it's spinning around then you can go and use.
- How fast you're spinning around on Earth's surface?
Examples
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The kids love to spin around in circles until they get dizzy.
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When I whistle, you will spin around five times.
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Oh, spin around five times, then stand on one leg.
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Look, can you spin around and go hand over hand?
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Before you watch this, spin around a bunch of times and just keep spinning.
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She was playing this game, where she would see how many times she could spin around in one place before she fell over.
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One of us gets in the chair, spins around and dramatically confronts him.
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Patricia could see herself spinning around on the McDonough's green carpeting.
Fiction book (1991) -
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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We paddled frantically, and our goatskin craft kept spinning around and around in place.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
227
1.0
To make something turn around quickly
144
3.0
To turn around a central point, like a wheel or planet
120
2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
70
2.0
To spin something or yourself quickly and lightly
41
3.2
To make something move in a circle around a central point
39
2.8
To spin something quickly so it turns in circles
27
4.7
To turn around on a point to face a different way
24
4.1
To turn quickly to face a different direction
12
6.9
Spin around in circles or spirals
12
4.2
To turn around a fixed point
10
3.2
Turn quickly to face the opposite direction
9
3.7
To move quickly in a circle, often through the air
6
4.3
To spin quickly in circles and feel dizzy
3
4.2
To turn quickly to face a different direction
1
1.4
Move your body so you face the opposite direction
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'spin' (rotate rapidly) with 'around' (in a circular path). This motion verb + particle construction is a common, compositional pattern in English (and in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Spin around comes from the simple image of turning quickly on the spot: spin means to turn and around shows doing it in a circle. That's why to spin around means 'to turn quickly in one place'.