spinner

IPA: spˈɪnɝ

noun

  • A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
  • A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
  • (slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) 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
  • A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
  • A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
  • A spinneret.
  • (archaic) A spider.
  • (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
  • (politics, slang) 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.
  • (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
  • Short for fidget spinner. [A type of stress-relieving toy that is intended to be spun around in one's hand, and that generally consists of a bearing in the center of a design made from any of a variety of materials including brass, stainless steel, titanium, copper, and plastic.]
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Examples of "spinner" in Sentences

  • Can't see it as a money spinner.
  • He was an occasional off spinner.
  • It has a spinner located centrally.
  • Nagasu is known to be a great spinner.
  • One of the talented spinners in India.
  • Movement is determined by an included spinner.
  • An example of this type of spinner is a Dreidel.
  • Flax can either be spun from a distaff, or from the spinner's lap.
  • Behind the spinner was the intake area and the supersonic compressor stage.
  • Spinner later gets the operation, but has bad side effects to the chemotherapy.

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