spinning
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- present participle of spin.
spinning
American
[spin-ing]
/ ˈspɪn ɪŋ /
noun
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spinnings
plural
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Textiles.
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the act or process of converting staple or short lengths of fiber, as cotton or rayon, into continuous yarn or thread.
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the extrusion of a solution of fiber-forming substances through holes in a spinneret to form filaments.
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Entomology. the act or process of secreting and placing silk or silklike filaments, as in the construction of a web by a spider or the formation of a cocoon by a caterpillar.
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Also called spin casting, spin fishing, thread-line fishing. Angling. the act or technique of casting a relatively light lure attached to a threadlike line wound on a stationary spool.
spinning
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British
/ ˈspɪnɪŋ /
noun
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the act or process of spinning
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spinning yarn
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the act or technique of casting and drawing a revolving lure through the water so as to imitate the movement of a live fish, etc
Spinning
2
British
/ ˈspɪnɪŋ /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of spinning
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at spin, -ing 1
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Each of us took turns spinning a bottle until it pointed to a cat, who joyfully received cat treats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Emerging between fireworks, Kerr had strutted out on to the track, spinning a bottle, and allowed his 12 rivals to sprint away.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Sandisk stock fell 47% in July—its worst month since spinning off from Western Digital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The system contains a black hole drawing gas away from a nearby star, forming a rapidly spinning disc of superheated material around it.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The spring turned to summer, and instead of spinning and weaving and knitting by fires, my aunts did their work by open windows, waiting for a breeze to come in.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Spinning that lore for a modern audience, then, calls for fronting the cast with a star whose popular persona is outsized compared to his dramatic proficiency.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Spinning off Truth Social following the merger would further fragment an already incoherent corporate structure with no clear strategic logic connecting cryptocurrency, fusion energy, and social media platforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Spinning discs around baby stars do the same: they make spiral structures because of gravity.
From Space Scoop ● Oct. 24, 2025
Appeared in the October 16, 2025, print edition as 'Setting the Classics Spinning'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Spinning and weaving, he crossed the clearing to a solitary tree near the cabin.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
The central text of Europe’s central religion, followed closely by the tales and fairy spinnings of a Greek storyteller.
From Scientific American ● May 8, 2012
Despite these wild spinnings, spiral-swimming creatures manage to navigate very well.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2011
Many of them try too hard to impress with excessive swan flutterings as the swan-queen Odette on the one hand and multitudinous spinnings as the enchantress Odile on the other.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2010
True to its original material, Coupe de Ville retains the air of a beloved anecdote polished by many spinnings around a family table.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like a schoolboy twisting in the grass, he blessed the fates that had allowed him time to revel in his spinnings.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
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