Definition of spin

"spin" in the noun sense

1. spin

a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

2. spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl

the act of rotating rapidly

"he gave the crank a spin"

"it broke off after much twisting"

3. spin

a short drive in a car

"he took the new car for a spin"

4. tailspin, spin

rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

5. spin

a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion

"the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"

"spin" in the verb sense

1. spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

"The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

2. spin

stream in jets, of liquids

"The creek spun its course through the woods"

3. whirl, birl, spin, twirl

cause to spin

"spin a coin"

4. spin

make up a story

"spin a yarn"

5. spin

form a web by making a thread

"spiders spin a fine web"

6. spin

work natural fibers into a thread

"spin silk"

7. spin

twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation

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

8. spin, spin out

prolong or extend

"spin out a visit"

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Quotations for spin

Teach your grannum to spin. [ Proverb ]

She had rather kiss than spin. [ Proverb ]

Let women spin, and not preach. [ Proverb ]

Need makes the naked queen spin. [ Proverb ]

You must spoil before you spin well. [ Proverb ]

And be the thread of coarse or fine,
The loom is still the best receiver!
Whatever I spin, the same is mine.
Returned in full from Time the Weaver. [ Henry Reed ]

I cannot spin and weave at the same time. [ Proverb ]

The fates but only spin the coarser clue;
The finest of the wool is left for you. [ John Dryden ]

This day we fashion destiny, our web of fate we spin. [ Whittier ]

Spin not too fine a thread, lest it break in weaving up. [ Proverb ]

Spinner, spin quietly, so as not to disturb me; I am praying. [ Portuguese Proverb ]

Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. [ Tennyson ]

It is better to spin all night with Penelope, than sing with Helen all day. [ Proverb ]

A man of a great memory, without learning, hath a rock and a spindle, and no staff to spin. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them. [ L'Estrange ]

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin. [ Bible ]

Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use. [ J. G. Holland ]

Our souls sit close and silently within. And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch. [ Dryden ]

I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune, and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out, Tadpoles! Tadpoles is a winner! We all thought he was crazy. But then we had some growing up to do. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

spin in Scrabble®

The word spin is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters spin:

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spin in Words With Friends™

The word spin is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words containing the sequence spin

Words with spin in them (139 words)

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Word Growth involving spin

Shorter words in spin

in pin

pi pin

Longer words containing spin

backspin backspins

clasping claspings

clasping enclasping

clasping inclasping

clasping interclasping

clasping overclasping

clasping reclasping

clasping unclasping

clevispin clevispins

clothespin clothespins

crisping

cusping

downspin downspins

electrospin electrospinned

electrospin electrospinner electrospinners

electrospin electrospinning

electrospin electrospins

gasping gaspingly

handspin handspinner handspinners

handspin handspinning

handspin handspins

isospin

lisping lispingly

lisping lispings

outspin outspinned

outspin outspinning

outspin outspins

overspin overspinned

overspin overspinner overspinners

overspin overspinning

overspin overspins

rasping grasping engrasping

rasping grasping graspingly

rasping grasping graspingness

rasping grasping overgrasping

rasping grasping regrasping

rasping grasping undergrasping

rasping grasping ungrasping

rasping raspingly graspingly

respin prespinal prespinally

respin respinned

respin respinning

respin respins

sidespin sidespins

spinach spinaches

spinach spinachlike

spinach spinachy

spinal anospinal

spinal anterospinal anterospinally

spinal bulbospinal bulbospinally

spinal cephalospinal encephalospinal encephalospinally

spinal cerebellospinal

spinal cerebrospinal cerebrospinally

spinal cervicispinal

spinal corticospinal

spinal costispinal

spinal craniospinal craniospinally

spinal dorsispinal

spinal epispinal

spinal extraspinal extraspinally

spinal genitospinal

spinal iliospinal ciliospinal

spinal iliospinal iliospinally

spinal infraspinal infraspinally

spinal interspinal interspinalis

spinal interspinal interspinally

spinal intraspinal intraspinally

spinal juxtaspinal

spinal medullispinal

spinal meningospinal

spinal musculospinal

spinal nonspinal nonspinally

spinal oculospinal oculospinally

spinal paraspinal paraspinally

spinal posterospinal posterospinally

spinal postspinal postspinally

spinal prespinal prespinally

spinal propriospinal propriospinally

spinal rubrospinal rubrospinally

spinal sacrospinal sacrospinalis

spinal sacrospinal sacrospinally

spinal scapulospinal

spinal semispinalis

spinal spinally anterospinally

spinal spinally bulbospinally

spinal spinally cerebrospinally

spinal spinally craniospinally

spinal spinally encephalospinally

spinal spinally extraspinally

spinal spinally iliospinally

spinal spinally infraspinally

spinal spinally interspinally

spinal spinally intraspinally

spinal spinally nonspinally

spinal spinally oculospinally

spinal spinally paraspinally

spinal spinally posterospinally

spinal spinally postspinally

spinal spinally prespinally

spinal spinally propriospinally

spinal spinally rubrospinally

spinal spinally sacrospinally

spinal spinally supraspinally

spinal spinally transversospinally

spinal spinals

spinal supraspinal supraspinally

spinal tectospinal

spinal thoracispinal

spinal transversospinal transversospinally

spinal vesicospinal

spinal vestibulospinal

spindle spindled

spindle spindlelike

spindle spindler spindlers

spindle spindles spindleshank spindleshanks

spindle spindles spindleshaped

spindlier

spindliest

spindliness

spindling

spindly

spindried

spindrier spindriers

spindries

spindrift spindrifts

spindry spindrying

spine spinebill spinebills

spine spineboard spineboards

spine spinebone spinebones

spine spinechilling

spine spined microspined

spine spinel chlorospinel chlorospinels

spine spinel spinelbearing

spine spinel spineless spinelessly

spine spinel spineless spinelessness

spine spinel spinelet spinelets

spine spinel spinelike

spine spinel spinels chlorospinels

spine spines crispiness

spine spines gaspiness

spine spines raspiness

spine spines spinescent

spine spines wispiness

spine spinet spinetail spinetails

spine spinet spinets

spinier

spiniest

spiniprocess spiniprocesses

spinless

spinlock spinlocked

spinlock spinlocking

spinlock spinlocks

spinmeister spinmeisters

spinnable

spinnaker spinnakers

spinner electrospinner electrospinners

spinner handspinner handspinners

spinner overspinner overspinners

spinner spinneret spinnerets

spinner spinneret spinnerette spinnerettes

spinner spinners electrospinners

spinner spinners handspinners

spinner spinners overspinners

spinner spinners underspinners

spinner spinners wordspinners

spinner underspinner underspinners

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spinney spinneys

spinning electrospinning

spinning handspinning

spinning outspinning

spinning overspinning

spinning respinning

spinning silkspinning

spinning spinnings

spinning tailspinning

spinning topspinning

spinning underspinning

spinny

spinobulbar

spinocerebellar

spinodal

spinode spinodes

spinoff spinoffs

spinon spinons

spinose

spinous sacrospinous

spinout spinouts

spins backspins

spins clevispins

spins clothespins

spins downspins

spins electrospins

spins handspins

spins outspins

spins overspins

spins respins

spins sidespins

spins spinster spinsterhood

spins spinster spinsterish

spins spinster spinsterlike

spins spinster spinsterly

spins spinster spinsters

spins spinstress spinstresses

spins tailspins

spins topspins

spins underspins

spinthariscope spinthariscopes

spinthariscopic

spintronic spintronics

spinule spinules

spiny

supraspinatus

tailspin tailspinned

tailspin tailspinning

tailspin tailspins

topspin topspinned

topspin topspinning

topspin topspins

underspin underspinned

underspin underspinner underspinners

underspin underspinning

underspin underspins

wisping