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4-letter words (4 found)

NIPS,PINS,SNIP,SPIN,

3-letter words (8 found)

INS,NIP,NIS,PIN,PIS,PSI,SIN,SIP,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,IS,PI,SI,

You can make 16 words from spin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spin

spin

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

Verb

spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past spun or (uncommon) span or (nonstandard) spinned, past participle spun or (nonstandard) spinned)

  1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
    1. (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
    2. (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
  2. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
  3. (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
    Synonyms: whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up
  4. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
  5. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
  6. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
  7. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
  8. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
  9. To move swiftly.
  10. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
  11. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
  12. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
  13. (cycling, intransitive)
    1. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
    2. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
  14. (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
  15. (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
    Synonym: spin out
  16. (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
  17. (archaic, transitive, slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
Hypernyms
  • revolve
  • rotate
  • turn
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
  • turn around

Noun

spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)

  2. Rapid circular motion.
    The car went into a spin.
    The skaters demonstrated their spins.
    He put some spin on the cue ball.
  4. A state of confusion or disorientation.
  6. (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
  8. A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
    Coordinate terms: coloration, distortion, propaganda
  12. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
    Synonym: (informal) swazz
  14. (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
  16. (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
  18. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
  20. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
  22. A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
  25. (dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
    • 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [4]
      Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]
  27. (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

spin (plural spins)

  1. (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
    • 2021 22 April, “jdale” (username), Course for Catastrophe, chapter 4:
      “Frank!” Joe yelled. “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!”

Etymology 3

Clipping of special interest.

Alternative forms

  • SpIn

Noun

spin (plural spins)

  2. (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
    Synonym: spinterest

Anagrams

  • NPIs, snip, nips, Nips, Insp, NIPs, PINs, PINS, PSNI, pins, INPs

Danish

Noun

spin n (singular definite spinnet, plural indefinite spin)

  1. alternative form of spind

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɪn/
  • Hyphenation: spin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spinne.

Noun

spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)

  1. spider, member of the order Araneae
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) particle spin
Derived terms
  • kernspin

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (uncountable)

  1. political spin, media spin
Derived terms
  • spindoctor

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spin

  1. inflection of spinnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Faroese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiːn/

Noun

spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)

  1. sperm

Declension

Synonyms

  • spina

Anagrams

  • nisp
  • pins

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • spinni

Etymology

Borrowed from English spin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspin/, [ˈs̠pin]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification(key): spin
  • Hyphenation(key): spin

Noun

spin

  1. (physics) spin

Declension

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spin/

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) spin

Derived terms

  • spineur

Further reading

  • “spin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin spīnus.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. thorn bush

Related terms

  • spine

Garo

Etymology

Cognate with Kokborok siping (“sesame”).

Noun

spin

  1. sesame

Hungarian

Etymology

From English spin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpin]
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

spin (plural spinek)

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)

Declension

References

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English spin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Hyphenation: spìn

Noun

spin m (invariable)

  1. (physics) spin (an electron's quantum angular momentum)

Further reading

  • spin on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Middle English

Noun

spin

  1. alternative form of spyne

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: spin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English spin, from Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan.

Noun

spin m inan

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spin f

  1. genitive plural of spina

Further reading

  • spin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • spin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English spin.

Pronunciation

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spīnus, from spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Compare Aromanian schin.

Pronunciation

Noun

spin m (plural spini)

  1. thorn
    Synonyms: ghimpe, aculeu

Declension

Related terms

  • spinos

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɪn/

Noun

spin (plural spins)

  1. (Southern Scots) alternative form of spuin

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • espín

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English spin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpin/ [esˈpĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

spin m (plural spines)

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

West Frisian

Etymology

From the verb spinne, from Old Frisian spinna, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnan, similar to Dutch spin.

Noun

spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)

  1. spider
  2. spiteful, sassy, or vicious woman

Further reading

  • “spin”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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