ALL meanings of spinner
spin·ner
S s - 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
- noun spinner device for deciding turns in a game 1
- noun spinner revolving display: for books, cards, etc. 1
- noun spinner device for spinning yarn 1
- noun spinner person who spins yarn 1
- countable noun spinner A spinner is a cricketer who makes the ball spin when he or she bowls it so that it changes direction when it hits the ground or the bat. 0
- countable noun spinner A spinner is a person who makes thread by spinning. 0
- noun spinner a person or thing that spins 0
- noun spinner a spin doctor 0
- noun spinner a ball that is bowled with a spinning motion 0
- noun spinner a bowler who specializes in bowling such balls 0
- noun spinner a streamlined fairing that fits over and revolves with the hub of an aircraft propeller 0
- noun spinner a fishing lure with a fin or wing that revolves when drawn through the water 0
- noun spinner an angler's name for the mature adult form (imago) of various flies, esp the mayflies 0
- noun spinner a fishing lure with attached blades that revolve or flutter when drawn through the water; also, any of these blades 0
- noun spinner a domelike cap that fits over the hub of an airplane propeller and rotates with it 0