spin // spins, spinning, spun
1 If something spins, it turns quickly around a central point.
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The football went spinning into the canal.
He spun the chair round to face the desk.
2 If your head is spinning, you feel dizzy or confused.
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His head was spinning from wine and liqueurs.
3 When people spin, they make thread by twisting together
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pieces of fibre using a device or machine.
His wife was spinning wool.
· spin out
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