spun

American

[spuhn] / spʌn /

verb

a simple past tense and past participle of spin.

adjective

formed by or as by spinning.

spun British

/ spʌn /

verb

the past tense and past participle of spin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

formed or manufactured by spinning

spun gold
spun glass

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of spun

First recorded in 1480–90, for the adjective

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spun

PepsiCo owned KFC until it spun off its restaurant divisions, which included Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, in 1997.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Both spun, Piastri into the barriers and retirement and Norris down from fifth place to eighth.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Acaster agreed: "People are doubting their instincts after that roundtable. If Bella's proven to be a faithful, they're going to be even more spun out."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Some locals spun up a WhatsApp group to dish on all things airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bat didn’t know what to call the sound that she made just before she spun around, stomped back into her room, and slammed the door.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

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