Synonym: pivot, reel, rotate, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel. Similar words: spine, pin, pink, spit, pine, spill, spite, damping. Meaning: [spɪn] n. 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). v. 1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis 2. stream in jets, of liquids 3. cause to spin 4. make up a story 5. form a web by making a thread 6. work natural fibers into a thread 7. twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation 8. prolong or extend.
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(31) Give the washing a short spin.
(32) The boat started to spin around in the water.
(33) No one could spin the story in the news.
(34) When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to be in a flat spin.
(35) Let's spin the coin to decide whether to go or not.
(36) The lorry went into a spin on a patch of ice.
(37) The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
(38) They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.
(39) The Government will try to spin out the conference into next autumn.
(40) I'm paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.
(41) He tried to spin us some yarn about how he was collecting for the church. It was all lies.
(42) The old sailor loves to spin yarns about his life at sea.
(43) He had to stop the helicopter from going into a spin.
(44) We watched a spider spin a web between three tall grass stems.
(45) The sudden fall on the stock-market sent brokers into a spin.
(46) He asked if he could take the car for a spin.
(47) My head began to spin after three glasses of wine.
(48) The spin doctors are trying to revive the party's fading image.
(49) Do you want to take my car for a spin ?
(50) We need to exercise some spin control on this situation before we find ourselves in serious trouble.
(51) He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
(52) They tried to put a positive spin on the sales figures.
(53) I've only got £10 left,(www.Sentencedict.com) so we'll have to spin it out over the whole week.
(54) The president's death sent the stock market into a spin.
(55) Supporters attempted to spin the bill's defeat to their advantage.
(56) Somehow, she managed to spin her story out so that it took her the whole train journey to tell it.
(57) The old captain would often spin us a yarn about life aboard ship.
(58) The secret of making the ball spin is in the wrist action.
(59) Corven plans to help large companies spin out smaller, entrepreneurial firms.
(60) Let's spin a coin to decide who'll have the first turn.
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