intransitive verb. To rotate rapidly; whirl. synonym: turn.

intransitive verb. To have a sensation of whirling, as from dizziness; reel.

intransitive verb. To make thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers.

intransitive verb. To extrude viscous filaments, forming a web or cocoon.

intransitive verb. To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.

intransitive verb. To cause to rotate swiftly; twirl.

intransitive verb. To shape or manufacture by a twirling or rotating process.

intransitive verb. To play (a recorded piece of music, such as a phonograph record), especially as a disc jockey.

intransitive verb. To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion.

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intransitive verb. To draw out and twist (fibers) into thread.

intransitive verb. To form (thread or yarn) in this manner.

intransitive verb. To form (a web or cocoon, for example) by extruding viscous filaments.

intransitive verb. To relate or create.

noun. The act of spinning.

noun. A swift whirling motion.

noun. A state of mental confusion.

noun. A short drive in a vehicle.

noun. The flight condition of an aircraft in a nose-down, spiraling, stalled descent.

noun. undefined

noun. A distinctive point of view, emphasis, or interpretation.

noun. A distinctive character or style.

noun. undefined

noun. The angular momentum of rotation of a rigid body about its own axis.

noun. The intrinsic angular momentum of a subatomic particle.

phrasal verb. To derive (a company or product, for example) from something larger.

phrasal verb. To rotate out of control, as a skidding car leaving a roadway.

phrasal verb. To prolong or extend.

idiom. (spin (one's) wheels) To expend effort with no result.

noun. A rapid revolving or whirling motion, as that of a top on its axis; a rapid twirl: as, to give a coin a spin.

noun. A continued rapid motion or action of any kind; a spirited dash or run; a single effort of high speed, as in running a race; a spurt.

noun. In mathematics, a rotation-velocity considered as represented by a line, the axis of rotation, and a length marked upon that line proportional to the number of turns per unit of time.

noun. A variation of the game of new-market in which the holder of the diamond ace is allowed to play it in order to stop the suit, provided it is his play to the sequence at the time. See newmarket.

noun. In cricket, a twist or rotation imparted to the ball by the bowler.

noun. An abbreviation of spinster.

To draw out and twist into threads, either by the hand or by machinery: as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax.

To make, fabricate, or form by drawing out and twisting the materials of: as, to spin a thread or a web; to spin glass.

To form by the extrusion in long slender filaments or threads of viscous matter which hardens in air: said of the spider, the silkworm, and other insects: as, to spin silk or gossamer; to spin a web or cocoon.

Figuratively, to fabricate or produce in a manner analogous to the drawing out and twisting of wool or flax into threads, or to the processes of the spider or the silkworm: sometimes with out.

To whirl rapidly; cause to turn rapidly on its own axis by twirling: as, to spin a top; to spin a coin on a table.

To fish with a swivel or spoon-bait: as, to spin the upper pool.

In sheet-metal work, to form in a lathe, as a disk of sheet-metal, into a globe, cup, vase, or like form.

To reject at an examination; “send spinning.”

To form threads by drawing out and twisting the fiber of wool, cotton, flax, and the like, especially with the distaff and spindle, with the spinning-wheel, or with spinning-machinery.

To form threads out of a viscous fluid, as a spider or silkworm.

To revolve rapidly; whirl, as a top or a spindle.

To issue in a thread or small stream; spirt.

To go or move rapidly; go fast: as, to spin along the road.

To use a spinner or spinning-spoon; troll: as, to spin for trout.

To be made to revolve, as a minnow on the trolling-spoon.

"The term 'spin off' suggests the relationship between News Corp and Sky News will be minimal, like that between Cheers and Frasier - although, since News Corp will still retain exactly the same percentage of shares in Sky News, it'll be more like if Frasier was set in Boston."

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