spinner

[ spin-er ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that spins.

  2. Angling. a lure, as a spoon bait, that revolves in the water in trolling and casting.

  1. Also called spinner play .Football. a play in which the player carrying the ball twirls about, to deceive the other team as to where the player intends to hit the line.

  2. Aeronautics. a streamlined fairing over a propeller hub.

  3. British Informal. nightjar.

  4. Slang. a disc jockey.

Origin of spinner

1
First recorded in 1175–1225, spinner is from the Middle English word spinnere.See spin, -er1

Other words from spinner

  • un·der·spin·ner, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for spinner

spinner

/ (ˈspɪnə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that spins

  2. informal a spin doctor

  1. cricket

    • a ball that is bowled with a spinning motion

    • a bowler who specializes in bowling such balls

  2. a streamlined fairing that fits over and revolves with the hub of an aircraft propeller

  3. a fishing lure with a fin or wing that revolves when drawn through the water

  4. an angler's name for the mature adult form (imago) of various flies, especially the mayflies: Compare dun 2 (def. 3)

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