Definition: 1. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile). 2. The act of rotating rapidly. 3. A short drive in a car. 4. Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. 5. A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion). 6. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. 7. Stream in jets, of liquids.
Use 'spin' in a sentence:
1. The idea is to grab the ends of the string and spin the toy quickly until it becomes taut.
2. When I finally tried to drive away, my wheels began to spin.
3. She said, "I must spin this straw into gold, and I know not how."
4. Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry.
5. The children were spinning round and round.
6. My head is spinning.
7. The boat started to spin around in the water.
8. Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
9. No one is listening. Everyone is jammed around the 800 tables, focused on the flip of cards, the spin of the roulette wheel or the roll of dice.
10. The princess took the spindle and began to try and spin.
11. They went spinning along the roads on their bikes.
12. An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as 'almost as good as an outright win'.
13. He spun his car round and went after them.
14. Maybe not like Elvis or Michael Jackson, but they definitely have a rhythmic beat, and some may even spin like a top.
15. This month, three U.S. bikeshare companies, Motivate. LimeBike and Spin, announced electric bicycles will be added to their fleets.
16. Some of them might be spinning clockwise, in which case, according to the right-hand rule we would consider them spin-down.
17. But these superjumpers must push off with both legs at almost exactly the same time, or else they'll go into a spin and wipe out.
18. Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster.
19. The latest disks, used for small portable computers, spin 3,600 times a minute.
20. If you have vertigo it seems as if the whole room is spinning round you.
21. The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.
22. The spin of the Earth provides an extra push.
23. Colt became fascinated with the ship's wheel, particularly the way it could alternately spin or be locked in a fixed position through the use of a clutch.
24. Unlike the blades on old-fashioned propeller engines, these blades spin around at the back of the engine.
25. He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
26. Corven plans to help large companies spin out smaller, entrepreneurial firms.
27. My wife's lawyer was anxious to spin things out for as long as possible.
28. All those figures make my poor head spin.
29. He threw it back again, putting a slight spin on the ball.
30. Let's go for a spin.
31. In his "Phaedrus", Plato describes a man, who after beholding a beautiful youth, begins to spin, shudder, shiver and sweat.
32. On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
33. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
34. Due south, directly over the Spin mountain range in front of me, is the crooked line of the Pakistan border, drawn by a British diplomat in 1893.
35. My head was spinning from the wine.
36. Tom Wright celebrated his 99th birthday by going for a spin in his sporty Mazda.
37. The public is sick of spin and tired of promises.
38. She was so confused ─ her mind was spinning like a top.
39. He rescued the company and later spun off its textile division into a separate company.
40. This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions.
41. He used to spin yarns about his time in the Army.
42. Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
43. The Government will try to spin out the conference into next autumn.
44. He spun the wheel sharply and made a U turn in the middle of the road.
45. She is skilled at spinning and weaving.
46. They would spin and weave cloth, cook and attend to the domestic side of life.
47. The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute.
48. She sat by the window spinning.
49. The transportation operation will be spun off into a separate company.
50. She puts a lot of spin on the ball.
51. Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.
52. Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.
53. The TV comedy series is a spin-off of the original movie.
