spin

spin is a 4-letter English word with 25 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
2. transitive verb. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
3. transitive verb. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
4. transitive verb. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
5. transitive verb. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) 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.
6. transitive verb. 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.
7. intransitive verb. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
8. intransitive verb. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
9. intransitive verb. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
10. intransitive verb. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
11. noun. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
12. noun. Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
13. noun. a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)

    "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"

14. noun. rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

    Synonyms: tailspin

15. noun. a short drive in a car

    "he took the new car for a spin"

16. noun. the act of rotating rapidly

    "he gave the crank a spin"

    "it broke off after much twisting"

    Synonyms: twirl, twist, twisting, whirl

17. noun. a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
18. verb. prolong or extend

    "spin out a visit"

19. verb. twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation

    "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"

20. verb. work natural fibers into a thread

    "spin silk"

21. verb. form a web by making a thread

    "spiders spin a fine web"

22. verb. make up a story

    "spin a yarn"

23. verb. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

    "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

    Synonyms: gyrate, reel, whirl

24. verb. cause to spin

    "spin a coin"

    Synonyms: birl, twirl, whirl

25. verb. stream in jets, of liquids

    "The creek spun its course through the woods"

Synonyms

tailspin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl, gyrate, reel, birl

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spin:

insp, nips, pins, snip

Common word forms

spins, spinal, spined, spines, spinner, spinous, spinless, spinning

Words from these letters

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