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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