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English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English spinnen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English spinnan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Verb

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

  1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
    I spun myself around a few times.
    Spin the ball on the floor.
    She spun around and gave him a big smile.
    • 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Hiawatha’s Fasting”, in The Song of Hiawatha, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 76:
      Round about him spun the landscape, / Sky and forest reeled together, / And his strong heart leaped within him, / As the sturgeon leaps and struggles / In a net to break its meshes.
  2. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
    They spin the cotton into thread.
    • 1718, Matthew Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World”, in Poems on Several Occasions, volume II, Dublin: George Grierson, published 1738, book I, page 115:
      Along the Sunny Bank, or Wat’ry Mead, / Ten thouſand Stalks their various Bloſſoms ſpread : / Peaceful and lowly in their native Soil, / They neither know to ſpin, nor care to toil ; / Yet with confeſs’d Magnificence deride / Our vile Attire, and Impotence of Pride.
  3. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
    • 2006 February 9, “The Politics of Science”, in The Washington Post‎[1], page A22:
      In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to spin scientific data and muzzle scientists toward that end.
  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.
    to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
  10. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
    Blood spins from a vein.
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 86, column 1:
      Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.
  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.
    • 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
      However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.

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Hypernyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from spin (verb)

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Noun

spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)

  1. Rapid circular motion.
    The car went into a spin.
    The skaters demonstrated their spins.
    He put some spin on the cue ball.
  2. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
    Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
    The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
    Synonym: propaganda
  4. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
  5. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
  6. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
    I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.
  7. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
  8. A single play of a record by a radio station.
    • 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
      Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.
  9. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
    • 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
      Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]

Derived terms

Terms derived from spin (noun)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (uncountable)

  1. political spin, media spin
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spin

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of spinnen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of spinnen

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)

  1. sperm

Declension

Declension of spin (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative spin spinið
accusative spin spinið
dative spini spininum
genitive spins spinsins

Synonyms

Anagrams

Finnish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspin/, [ˈs̠pin]
  • Hyphenation: spin

Noun

spin

  1. (physics) spin

Declension

Inflection of spin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative spin spinit
genitive spinin spinien
partitive spiniä spinejä
illative spiniin spineihin
singular plural
nominative spin spinit
accusative nom. spin spinit
gen. spinin
genitive spinin spinien
partitive spiniä spinejä
inessive spinissä spineissä
elative spinistä spineistä
illative spiniin spineihin
adessive spinillä spineillä
ablative spiniltä spineiltä
allative spinille spineille
essive spininä spineinä
translative spiniksi spineiksi
abessive spinittä spineittä
instructive — spinein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of spin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative spinini spinini
accusative nom. spinini spinini
gen. spinini
genitive spinini spinieni
partitive spiniäni spinejäni
inessive spinissäni spineissäni
elative spinistäni spineistäni
illative spiniini spineihini
adessive spinilläni spineilläni
ablative spiniltäni spineiltäni
allative spinilleni spineilleni
essive spininäni spineinäni
translative spinikseni spineikseni
abessive spinittäni spineittäni
instructive — —
comitative — spineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative spinisi spinisi
accusative nom. spinisi spinisi
gen. spinisi
genitive spinisi spiniesi
partitive spiniäsi spinejäsi
inessive spinissäsi spineissäsi
elative spinistäsi spineistäsi
illative spiniisi spineihisi
adessive spinilläsi spineilläsi
ablative spiniltäsi spineiltäsi
allative spinillesi spineillesi
essive spininäsi spineinäsi
translative spiniksesi spineiksesi
abessive spinittäsi spineittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — spineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative spinimme spinimme
accusative nom. spinimme spinimme
gen. spinimme
genitive spinimme spiniemme
partitive spiniämme spinejämme
inessive spinissämme spineissämme
elative spinistämme spineistämme
illative spiniimme spineihimme
adessive spinillämme spineillämme
ablative spiniltämme spineiltämme
allative spinillemme spineillemme
essive spininämme spineinämme
translative spiniksemme spineiksemme
abessive spinittämme spineittämme
instructive — —
comitative — spineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative spininne spininne
accusative nom. spininne spininne
gen. spininne
genitive spininne spinienne
partitive spiniänne spinejänne
inessive spinissänne spineissänne
elative spinistänne spineistänne
illative spiniinne spineihinne
adessive spinillänne spineillänne
ablative spiniltänne spineiltänne
allative spinillenne spineillenne
essive spininänne spineinänne
translative spiniksenne spineiksenne
abessive spinittänne spineittänne
instructive — —
comitative — spineinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative spininsä spininsä
accusative nom. spininsä spininsä
gen. spininsä
genitive spininsä spiniensä
partitive spiniään
spiniänsä 		spinejään
spinejänsä
inessive spinissään
spinissänsä 		spineissään
spineissänsä
elative spinistään
spinistänsä 		spineistään
spineistänsä
illative spiniinsä spineihinsä
adessive spinillään
spinillänsä 		spineillään
spineillänsä
ablative spiniltään
spiniltänsä 		spineiltään
spineiltänsä
allative spinilleen
spinillensä 		spineilleen
spineillensä
essive spininään
spininänsä 		spineinään
spineinänsä
translative spinikseen
spiniksensä 		spineikseen
spineiksensä
abessive spinittään
spinittänsä 		spineittään
spineittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — spineineen
spineinensä

French

Noun

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spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) spin

Derived terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin spīnus.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. thorn bush

Hungarian

Etymology

From English spin.[1]

Noun

spin (plural spinek)

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative spin spinek
accusative spint spineket
dative spinnek spineknek
instrumental spinnel spinekkel
causal-final spinért spinekért
translative spinné spinekké
terminative spinig spinekig
essive-formal spinként spinekként
essive-modal — —
inessive spinben spinekben
superessive spinen spineken
adessive spinnél spineknél
illative spinbe spinekbe
sublative spinre spinekre
allative spinhez spinekhez
elative spinből spinekből
delative spinről spinekről
ablative spintől spinektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		spiné spineké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		spinéi spinekéi
Possessive forms of spin
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. spinem spinjeim
2nd person sing. spined spinjeid
3rd person sing. spinje spinjei
1st person plural spinünk spinjeink
2nd person plural spinetek spinjeitek
3rd person plural spinjük spinjeik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

spin

  1. Alternative form of spyne

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

spin m inan

  1. (physics) spin

Declension

Declension of spin
singular plural
nominative spin spiny
genitive spinu spinów
dative spinowi spinom
accusative spin spiny
instrumental spinem spinami
locative spinie spinach
vocative spinie spiny

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

spin f

  1. genitive plural of spina

Portuguese

Noun

spin m (plural s)

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

spin m (plural spini)

  1. thorn

Declension

Declension of spin
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) spin spinul (niște) spini spinii
genitive/dative (unui) spin spinului (unor) spini spinilor
vocative spinule spinilor

Synonyms

Scots

Pronunciation

Noun

spin (plural spins)

  1. (Southern Scots) Alternative form of spuin

Spanish

Noun

spin m (plural spines)

  1. spin

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)

  1. spider

Further reading

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