spinning
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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It is now adding a general-purpose AI platform capable of spinning up autonomous agents for business needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The forest, the “Landes de Gascogne,” now employs more than 40,000 people, spinning off $10 billion a year, according to the government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Anytime you feel as if a co-worker is spinning a false narrative, it helps to have evidence that shows what they are claiming is, at the very least, one-sided.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Meta is spinning the settlement as a meeting of the minds.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
They were pulling me toward the spinning wheel.
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 the football, throwing flawless spirals isn’t the determining factor in winning and losing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
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 on our toes as required, we stepped into Bloom’s office and then stood side by side at attention before his desk.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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