spin // spins, spinning, spun
 
1 If something spins, it turns quickly around a central point.          ERG VB
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.                   VB
His head was spinning from wine and liqueurs. 
 
3 When people spin, they make thread by twisting together           VB WITH OR WITHOUT OBJ
pieces of fibre using a device or machine.
His wife was spinning wool. 

· spin out                                                                                      PHR VB