spin
verb/spɪn/
/spɪn/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they spin | /spɪn/ /spɪn/ |
| he / she / it spins | /spɪnz/ /spɪnz/ |
| past simple spun | /spʌn/ /spʌn/ |
| past participle spun | /spʌn/ /spʌn/ |
| -ing form spinning | /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this
- (+ adv./prep.) The plane was spinning out of control.
- a spinning ice skater
- My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going round and I can't balance).
- spin round/around The dancers spun round and round.
- spin something (round/around) to spin a ball/coin/wheel
- We placed our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel.
Extra Examples- The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.
- The blade spins very fast.
- The car spun out of control.
- The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me.
- The wheel can now spin freely.
- Their questions made my head spin.
- Jo spun the chair round.
- She spun the roulette wheel one last time.
- The Earth spins around a central axis.
- They spun a coin to see who should go first.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- make somebody’s head spin
- spin like a top
- spin on its axis
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] spin (somebody) round/around | + adv./prep. to turn round quickly once; to make somebody do this
- He spun around to face her.
- She spun on her heel and walked out.
Extra Examples- Spin your partner around.
- She spun round to see him grinning at her.
- He spun the child roughly around.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- make somebody’s head spin
- spin like a top
- spin on its axis
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it
- She sat by the window spinning.
- spin something to spin and knit wool
- spin A into B spinning silk into thread
- spin B from A spinning thread from silk
- [transitive] spin something to produce thread from its body to make a web or cocoon
- a spider spinning a web
- A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to drive or travel quickly
- They went spinning along the roads on their bikes.
- [transitive] spin something to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a spin dryer
- [transitive] spin something (as something) to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good
- An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as ‘almost as good as an outright win’.
turn round quickly
make thread
of spider/silkworm
drive/travel quickly
dry clothes
present information
Word OriginOld English spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.
Idioms
See spin in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee spin in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishyour head is spinning | make your head spin
- your head feels as though it is going round and round and you cannot balance, especially because you are ill or confused or have had a shock; to make you feel like this
- Her head was spinning from the pain.
- His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin.
spin (somebody) a yarn, tale, etc.
- to try to make somebody believe a long story that is not trueTopics Personal qualitiesc2
turn/spin on your heel
- to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction
- He turned on his heel and marched away angrily.
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