spin
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Is spin a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.Examples: "I spun myself around a few times."; "Spin the ball on the floor."; "She spun around and gave him a big smile."ergative
2. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.ergative
3. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.ergative
4. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.Examples: "They spin the cotton into thread."; "Along the Sunny Bank, or Wat’ry Mead, / Ten thouſand Stalks their various Bloſſoms ſpread : / Peaceful and lowly in their native Soil, / They neither know to ſpin, nor care to toil ; / Yet with confeſs’d Magnificence deride / Our vile Attire, and Impotence of Pride."transitive
5. (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.Examples: "But because he is but briefe, and these things of great consequence not to be kept obscure, I shall conceave it nothing above my duty either for the difficulty or the censure that may passe thereon, to communicate such thoughts as I also have had, and do offer them now in this generall labour of reformation, to the candid view both of Church and Magistrate; especially because I see it the hope of good men, that those irregular and unspirituall Courts have spun their utmost date in this Land; and some beter course must now be constituted."; "In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to spin scientific data and muzzle scientists toward that end."; "This past week[…] Republicans completed their journey through the looking-glass, spinning a new counternarrative of that deadly day."Synonyms: whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress upfiguratively
6. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.Examples: "This pitch is usually preferred for spin than pace."
noun (English)
1. (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.countableuncountable
2. (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.Examples: "spin doctor"; "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."countablefigurativelyuncountable
3. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.Synonyms: swazzcountableuncountable
4. (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.countableuncountable
5. (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.countableuncountable
6. (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.Examples: "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."UKcountableslanguncountable
noun (English)
1. (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.Examples: "“Frank!” Joe yelled. “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!”"abbreviationalt-ofclipping
noun (English)
1. (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.Examples: "berdly if your friends were homestuck characters who would they be. //sorry autism wants me dead, berdlys my fav character and hs is my spin. you will never heard the end of it from me"Synonyms: spinterestslang
Definition source: Wiktionary