spinner
English
/ˈspɪnɚ/
noun
Definitions
- agent Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- (Australia) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- (slang) Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- (computing) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- (cricket) A spin bowler.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- The , .
- The dolphin Stenella longirostris.
- A spinneret.
- (archaic) A spider.
- (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- (politics) A spin doctor.
- (pinball) A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spynner affix from English spin.
Origin
English
spin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Spingate English
- antispin English
- backspin English
- bait English
- barspin English
- bespin English
- biospin English
- cytospin English
- cytospinner English
- electrospinner English
- forespin English
- headspin English
- isospin English
- knob English
- macrospin English
- microspin English
- multispin English
- outspin English
- overspin English
- prespin English
- pseudospin English
- quasispin English
- respin English
- sidespin English
- spin English
- spinathon English
- spinback English
- spinbox English
- spincaloritronics English
- spindle English
- spindom English
- spindown English
- spinful English
- spinless English
- spinlike English
- spinlock English
- spinmaster English
- spinmeister English
- spinnability English
- spinnable English
- spinner wheel English
- spinnerbait English
- spinneret English
- spinnerette English
- spinnerule English
- spinnest English
- spinneth English
- spinon English
- spinorama English
- spinout English
- spinplasmonics English
- spinster English
- spintext English
- spinward English
- spinworthy English
- steering wheel English
- steering wheel spinner knob English
- superspin English
- tailspin English
- topspin English
- underspin English
- unspin English
- web English
- webspinner English
- wheel English
- wheelspin English
- yarn English
- yarnspinner English
- spin Finnish
- spinneri Finnish
- spin Hungarian
- spin French
- спин Russian
- espín Spanish, Castilian
- spin Spanish, Castilian
- spin Portuguese
- spin Polish
- spinnen Middle English
- spynner Middle English
- espín Catalan, Valencian
- espín Galician
- web
- spin
- knob
- yarn
- bait
- wheel
- spinon
- respin
- unspin
- bespin
- isospin
- barspin
- spinful
- spinout
- spinbox
- topspin
- spindom
- biospin
- outspin
- spindle
- prespin
- spintext
- antispin
- spindown
- headspin
- spinback
- spinneth
- overspin
- forespin
- spinlock
- backspin
- spinnest
- Spingate
- cytospin
- spinward
- spinless
- sidespin
- spinster
- tailspin
- spinlike
- superspin
- multispin
- spinneret
- microspin
- macrospin
- underspin
- spinathon
- wheelspin
- spinorama
- spinnable
- quasispin
- spinmaster
- spinnerule
- pseudospin
- webspinner
- spinworthy
- cytospinner
- spinnerette
- spinnerbait
- yarnspinner
- spinmeister
- spinnability
- spinner wheel
- electrospinner
- steering wheel
- spinplasmonics
- spincaloritronics
- steering wheel spinner knob