spun

American  

[spuhn] / spʌn /

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of spin.

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adjective

1. formed by or as by spinning. spinning.

spun British  

/ spʌn /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of spin

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adjective

1. formed or manufactured by spinning

   spun gold

   spun glass

Other Word Forms

• half-spun adjective
• unspun adjective
• well-spun adjective

Etymology

Origin of spun

First recorded in 1480–90, for the adjective

Example Sentences

The fox and the badger spun toward the noise, high on their hind legs.

From Literature

Espinal drew attention to a separate account where an AI papaya character named "Anaya Papaya" - already apparently spun off from the new Fruit Love Island series - is seemingly modelled after her.

From BBC

The network changed its name after it was spun off from Comcast into a new company called Versant.

From Los Angeles Times

But when Jacobs left Perry Ellis shortly after, the narrative that Jacobs was fired from his post was spun in the press, and the story has proliferated ever since — occasionally by Jacobs himself.

From Salon

Vonn lost control on the first jump, spun sideways in the air, slammed to the ground and needed to be airlifted from the course.

From Los Angeles Times