- [countable, uncountable] a very fast turning movement
- Only in the last 50 years have we had clocks accurate enough to measure changes in the earth's spin.
- He lost everything on the spin of a roulette wheel.
- The dance was full of twists and spins.
- Give the washing a short spin.
- We calculated the rate of spin.
Extra Examples- Give the clothes another spin.
- We stopped the washing machine before the spin cycle.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- rapid
- slow
- …
- go into
- come out of
- put somebody/something in
- …
- dryer
- cycle
- bowler
- …
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- [countable, usually singular] if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls and turns round rapidly
- He had to stop the helicopter from going into a spin.
- (figurative) The president's death sent the stock market into a spin.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- rapid
- slow
- …
- go into
- come out of
- put somebody/something in
- …
- dryer
- cycle
- bowler
- …
- [countable] (informal, becoming old-fashioned) a short ride in a car for pleasure
- Let's go for a spin.
- He asked if he could take the car for a spin.
- [uncountable] the way you make a ball turn very fast when you throw it or hit it
- She puts a lot of spin on the ball.
- a spin bowler (= in cricket, a bowler who uses spin)
- How do you put more spin on the ball?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- rapid
- slow
- …
- go into
- come out of
- put somebody/something in
- …
- dryer
- cycle
- bowler
- …
- [singular, uncountable] (informal) a way of presenting information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good
- Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2- the government's spin machine
- government spin doctors
- The chairman tried to put a positive spin on the closure of the factory.
- The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
- She's put a whole new spin on the theme of corporate greed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- negative
- positive
- different
- …
- add
- give something
- put
- …
- doctor
- machine
- with a spin
fast turning movement
in car
in tennis/cricket
on 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 Englishin a (flat) spin
- very confused, worried or excited
- Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.
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