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spinning   (TTS Sound)

The noun spinning has 1 sense

• spinning -- (creating thread)

The verb spin has 8 senses

• spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate -- (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy")


• spin -- (stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods")


• whirl, birl, spin, twirl -- (cause to spin; "spin a coin")


• spin -- (make up a story; "spin a yarn")


• spin -- (form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web")


• spin -- (work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk")


• 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")


• spin, spin out -- (prolong or extend; "spin out a visit")