spin-dry

American

[spin-drahy] / ˈspɪnˈdraɪ /

verb (used with object)

spin-dried, spin-drying

to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.

spin-dry British

verb

(tr) to dry (clothes, linen, etc) in a spin-dryer

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Other Word Forms

spin-drier noun
spindryer noun

Example Sentences

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Bad news, he said, can "go through the spin-dry cycle that sanitizes it out" before it gets outside or to the top.

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