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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(91) I could see the room beginning to spin as though I had had a dreadful shock or a moment of unbearable fear.
(92) Never have soundbites, photo opportunities and spin mattered so much.
(93) Disney executives believe the porcelain models will become another lucrative spin off for their cartoon empire.
(94) Apart from the interest charges involved, the longer a defendant can spin out the negotiations the better.
(95) I've managed to get them pretty manky from time to time and a spin through the washing machine brings them up as good as new.
(96) However, it is not true to say that it is dangerous to apply the opposite rudder in an incipient spin.
(97) It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.
(98) This shows the simple case of a spin axis which is perpendicular to the line of sight.
(99) And when they could, they bought me what I needed to spin my web.
(100) Note how this time the glider has a very pronounced inner wing-drop at the stall and tries to spin.
(101) She, in all her finery, and Levine went up for a spin in a Ford trimotor.
(102) He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.
(103) There is also a slippage control which automatically cuts power if the wheels begin to spin under harsh acceleration.
(104) They are increasingly sophisticated machines, often using high quality aluminium and titanium alloys, spin offs from the aerospace industry.
(105) It is less stringent than the spin selection rule, partly because the mechanisms for getting round it are more effective. Sentencedict.com
(106) The largest IPO of the year may be electrical utility Enel SpA, which the government hopes to spin off.
(107) Throughout the 1930s he emerged as one of the classic left-hand spin bowlers of all time.
(108) Increasingly U-series dates are being used in conjunction with electron spin resonance dates using the same materials.
(109) This is a Catch-22 I don't think rugby will be able to spin out of in this country.
(110) Whenever she was free from the brewing she hurried up to the bower to spin with the other women.
(111) The reason why fusion is more likely between spin polarised nuclei is straight forward.
(112) Its distance from the planet's spin axis must therefore be decreasing.
(113) He was in his pomp, and, like the lilies of the field, he toiled not neither did he spin.
(114) It may be a contradiction in textile terms but these weavers spin a good yarn.
(115) There is also the danger that small, local agreements spin out of control as trade imbalances grow among their signatories.
(116) A nimble slip fielder and occasional spin bowler, he played for Suffolk in 1938 and 1939 after leaving Hampshire.
(117) At his best he does not spin the ball sharply, or get it to dip in, la Warne.
(118) Harry Potter continues to spin his magic, doubling publisher Bloomsbury's profits to $ 8m.
(119) Is the government allowing social spending to spin out of control beyond the means of the taxpayers?
(120) Some readers may give them a moralistic spin, arguing that they prove something essential about gay men or homosexuality or promiscuity.
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