Spin | Mean of spin in English Dictionary

/ˈspɪn/

• Verb
• to turn or cause someone or something to turn around repeatedly
1. The Earth spins [=rotates] on its axis once a day.
2. The car hit a patch of ice and spun into the wall.
3. a spinning propeller
4. He spun around [=turned around quickly] and looked at me in surprise.
5. The children were spinning a top.
6. He grabbed her and spun her around. [=he grabbed her and turned her around quickly]
• to seem to be moving around in a way that makes you feel dizzy or sick
1. I tried to stand up but the room was spinning.
2. After the night of drinking, my head was spinning. [=I was dizzy]
3. All of that information made my head spin. [=made me feel confused or dizzy]
• to draw out and twist fibers of cotton, wool, silk, etc., into yarn or thread
1. She spun the silk into thread.
2. They spun the wool into yarn.
3. tools used for spinning

• to form (something) by producing a fluid that quickly hardens into a thread
1. a spider spinning its web
2. worms spinning silk
• to tell (a story, especially a story that you create by using your imagination)
1. He was spinning yarns [=telling stories] about his adventures in the navy.
2. She spun a tale [=made up a story] about her car breaking down to explain why she was late.
• to move very quickly on wheels or in a vehicle
1. The motorcycles spun [=sped] along the country road.
• to describe (something, such as an event) in a certain way in order to influence what people think about it
1. Both parties tried to spin the debate as a victory for their candidate.
2. He accused the companies of spinning the results of their studies to their own benefit.
• to play recorded music at a party or nightclub
1. We hired my favorite DJ to spin records/tunes/discs at the party.
• to create something new (such as a new television show or company) by basing it on or taking it from something that already exists
1. The show was so popular that it spun off a new series. [=a new series was created based on the show]
2. The cartoon has spun off dolls and other merchandise.
3. They spun off their specialty foods line into a separate company.
4. The auto parts manufacturer spun off from another company.
• to slide and turn around quickly in an uncontrolled way
1. The truck spun out on a patch of ice.
2. He took a sharp corner too fast and spun out.
• to make (something) last for a very long time
1. They're deliberately trying to spin out the debate.
• to move in a way that is not controlled
1. The rocket spun out of control and crashed.
• to keep getting worse in a way that is hard to stop or fix
1. Her drinking problem is spinning out of control.
• to stay in the same condition or position without making progress
1. I need to look for a new job. I feel like I'm just spinning my wheels here.
• Noun
• the act of turning around and around
1. the direction of the Earth's spin
2. The ice-skater executed graceful jumps and spins.
• a rapid turning motion given to a ball by someone who throws or hits it
1. A baseball thrown with spin is harder to hit.
2. She put spin on the ball/shot.
3. The bowler put a sideways spin on the ball.
• a certain way of describing or talking about something that is meant to influence other people's opinion of it
1. Each author puts a new/different spin on the story.
2. a positive/favorable spin
3. They claim to report the news with no spin.
• a short trip in a vehicle
1. He took me for a spin in his new car.
2. Would you like to go for a spin?
• a condition in which an airplane is falling rapidly while turning around and around
1. The plane went into a spin. [=tailspin]
2. The news of her death sent him into a spin. [=caused him to become very unhappy, to lose control of his life, etc.]
• a state of being mentally confused or anxious
1. Her head was all in a spin. [=her head was spinning; she was very confused]