spin
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Verb 4 meanings
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
“I spun myself around a few times.”
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
“They spin the cotton into thread.”
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
“This pitch is usually preferred for spin than pace.”
Noun 4 meanings
Circular motion, usually rapid.
“The car went into a spin.”
A state of confusion or disorientation.
“My mind was in a spin.”
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
Etymology
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.
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SPIN at a glance
SPIN has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + I 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,714 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with spin
All rhymes- KINGPIN14
- CHOPIN13
- LUPIN7
- HAIRPIN12
- PIPPIN12
- UNDERPIN11
- CRISPIN11
- LINCHPIN15
- TAILSPIN10
- TERRAPIN10
- COPPIN12
- GONADOTROPIN16
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