ALL meanings of spinoff
spin-off
S s - noun spinoff the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion. 1
- noun spinoff a spinning motion given to a ball, wheel, axle, or other object. 1
- noun spinoff a downward movement or trend, especially one that is sudden, alarming, etc.: Steel prices went into a spin. 1
- noun spinoff a rapid run, ride, drive, or the like, as for exercise or enjoyment: They went for a spin in the car. 1
- noun spinoff Slang. a particular viewpoint or bias, especially in the media; slant: They tried to put a favorable spin on the news coverage of the controversial speech. 1
- noun spinoff Also called tailspin, tail spin. Aeronautics. a maneuver in which an airplane descends in a vertical direction along a helical path of large pitch and small radius at an angle of attack greater than the critical angle, dangerous when not done intentionally or under control. 1
- noun spinoff Rocketry. the act of intentionally causing a rocket or guided missile to undergo a roll. a roll so caused. 1
- noun spinoff Also called spin angular momentum. Physics. the intrinsic angular momentum characterizing each kind of elementary particle, having one of the values 0, 1/2, 1/3, … when measured in units of Planck's constant divided by 2π. 1
- noun spinoff Australian. a run of luck; fate. 1
- verb with object spinoff to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels. 1
- verb with object spinoff to form (the fibers of any material) into thread or yarn: The machine spins nylon thread. 1
- verb with object spinoff (of spiders, silkworms, etc.) to produce (a thread, cobweb, gossamer, silk, etc.) by extruding from the body a long, slender filament of a natural viscous matter that hardens in the air. 1
- verb with object spinoff to cause to turn around rapidly, as on an axis; twirl; whirl: to spin a coin on a table. 1
- verb with object spinoff Informal. to play (phonograph records): a job spinning records on a radio show. 1
- verb with object spinoff Metalworking. to shape (sheet metal) into a hollow, rounded form by pressure from a tool while rotating the metal on a lathe or wheel. 1
- verb with object spinoff to produce, fabricate, or evolve in a manner suggestive of spinning thread: to spin a tale of sailing ships and bygone days. 1
- verb with object spinoff Rocketry. to cause intentionally (a rocket or guided missile) to undergo a roll. 1
- verb with object spinoff to draw out, protract, or prolong (often followed by out): He spun the project out for over three years. 1
- verb with object spinoff British. to flunk a student in an examination or a term's work. 1
- verb with object spinoff Slang. to cause to have a particular bias; influence in a certain direction: His assignment was to spin the reporters after the president's speech. 1
- verb without object spinoff to revolve or rotate rapidly, as the earth or a top. 1
- verb without object spinoff to produce a thread from the body, as spiders or silkworms. 1
- verb without object spinoff to produce yarn or thread by spinning. 1
- verb without object spinoff to move, go, run, ride, or travel rapidly. 1
- verb without object spinoff to have a sensation of whirling; reel: My head began to spin and I fainted. 1
- verb without object spinoff to fish with a spinning or revolving bait. 1
- idioms spinoff spin one's wheels. wheel (def 27). 1
- idioms spinoff spin out, (of an automobile) to undergo a spinout. 1
- countable noun spinoff A spinoff is an unexpected but useful or valuable result of an activity that was designed to achieve something else. 0
- countable noun spinoff A spinoff is a book, film, or television series that comes after and is related to a successful book, film, or television series. 0
- noun spinoff the divestiture by a corporation of some of its assets or operations, accomplished by distributing to its stockholders shares of a new company formed to assume control over the divested parts 0
- noun spinoff the divestiture of a subsidiary by distributing its shares in this way 0
- noun spinoff the new company or subsidiary so divested 0
- noun spinoff a secondary benefit, product, development, etc., as a television series built around a character, situation, etc. in another series 0