spinning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnɪŋ/

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Adjective

spinning (not comparable)

1. Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.
   • 2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, page 114:

     An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

Translations

rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling

• Finnish: kieppuva
• Italian: spinning m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pōtaitaka, hurihuri

Noun

spinning (countable and uncountable, plural spinnings)

1. The motion of something that spins.
   • 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)

     these uncontrollable spinnings of the head

2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
3. Indoor cycling.

Translations

process of converting fibres into yarn or thread

• Finnish: kehruu (fi), kehrääminen (fi)
• Greek: νηματοποίηση (el) f (nimatopoíisi)
• Irish: sníomh m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: fiação m
• Scottish Gaelic: snìomh m

Verb

spinning

1. present participle of spin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• spinning frame
• spinning jenny

• spinning mule
• spinning wheel

Anagrams

• pinnings

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Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Noun

spinning m (uncountable)

1. spinning (indoor cycling)