spin

Definitions of spin in various dictionaries:

noun - a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

noun - the act of rotating rapidly

noun - a short drive in a car

noun - rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

noun - a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)

verb - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

verb - stream in jets, of liquids

verb - cause to spin

verb - make up a story

verb - form a web by making a thread

verb - work natural fibers into a thread

verb - twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation

verb - prolong or extend

To draw out and twist (fibers) into thread.

To form (thread or yarn) in this manner.

To form (a web or cocoon, for example) by extruding viscous filaments.

To make or produce by or as if by drawing out and twisting.

To tell, especially imaginatively: spun tales for the children.

To prolong or extend: spin out a visit with an old friend.

To cause to rotate swiftly; twirl.

To shape or manufacture by a twirling or rotating process.

To play (a phonograph record or records), especially as a disc jockey.

To make thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers.

To extrude viscous filaments, forming a web or cocoon.

To rotate rapidly; whirl.

To seem to be whirling, as from dizziness; reel: My head spun after doing a cartwheel.

To ride or drive rapidly.

To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.

The act of spinning.

A swift whirling motion.

A state of mental confusion.

A short drive in a vehicle: took a spin in the new car.

The flight condition of an aircraft in a nose-down, spiraling, stalled descent.

The distinctive complex of connotations or implications inherent in a point of view: “Dryden... was adept at putting spin on an apparently neutral recital of facts” (Robert M.

Distinctive character; style: an innovative chef who puts a new spin on traditional fare.

Interpretation, especially of a politician’s words, promulgated to sway public opinion.

Physics.

The intrinsic angular momentum of a subatomic particle.

The total angular momentum of an atomic nucleus.

To expend effort with no result.

verb - to draw out and twist into threads