To form (a web or cocoon, for example) by extruding viscous filaments.
To make or produce by or as if by drawing out and twisting.
To relate or create: spun tales for the children.
To prolong or extend: spin out a visit with an old friend.
To cause to rotate swiftly; twirl.
To shape or manufacture by a twirling or rotating process.
To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion: "a messenger who spins bogus research into a vile theology of hatred” ( William A. Henry III).
Slang To play (a phonograph record or records), especially as a disc jockey.
To make thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers.
To extrude viscous filaments, forming a web or cocoon.
To rotate rapidly; whirl. See Synonyms at turn.
To seem to be whirling, as from dizziness; reel: My head spun after doing a cartwheel.
To ride or drive rapidly.
To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.
The act of spinning.
A swift whirling motion.
A state of mental confusion.
Informal A short drive in a vehicle: took a spin in the new car.
The flight condition of an aircraft in a nose-down, spiraling, stalled descent.
A distinctive point of view, emphasis, or interpretation: "Dryden . . . was adept at putting spin on an apparently neutral recital of facts” ( Robert M. Adams).
A distinctive character or style: an innovative chef who puts a new spin on traditional fare.
Physics The intrinsic angular momentum of a subatomic particle. Also called spin angular momentum.
Physics The total angular momentum of an atomic nucleus.