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spinner

spin·ner
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spin-er]
    • /ˈspɪn ər/
    • /ˈspɪn.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spin-er]
    • /ˈspɪn ər/

Definitions of spinner word

  • noun spinner a person or thing that spins. 1
  • noun spinner Angling. a lure, as a spoon bait, that revolves in the water in trolling and casting. 1
  • noun spinner 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. 1
  • noun spinner Aeronautics. a streamlined fairing over a propeller hub. 1
  • noun spinner British Informal. nightjar. 1
  • noun spinner Slang. a disc jockey. 1

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Origin of spinner

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
First recorded in 1175-1225, spinner is from the Middle English word spinnere. See spin, -er1

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Parts of speech for Spinner

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

spinner popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

spinner usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for spinner

noun spinner

  • gyro — gyrocompass.
  • gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
  • gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
  • gyrator — to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
  • whirler — A person who, or thing that whirls.

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