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spin

/spɪn/ verb

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verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about spin at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
    I spun myself around a few times.
  2. To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
  3. To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).

noun

  1. Circular motion, usually rapid.
    The car went into a spin.
  2. A state of confusion or disorientation.
    My mind was in a spin.
  3. A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

noun

  1. Clipping of spinnaker.

noun

  1. A special interest of an autistic person.

Origin

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Dutch, German spinnen (“to spin”), Luxembourgish spannen (“to spin”), Yiddish שפּינען (shpinen, “spin”), Danish spinde (“to spin”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish spinna (“to spin”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk spinne (“to spin”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan, “to spin”).

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