noun velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
2. spin ·noun the act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
3. spin ·vi to move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, ·etc.
4. spin ·vi to stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
5. spin ·vt to protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
6. spin ·vi to move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
7. spin ·vt to cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
8. spin ·vt to draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length;
with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
9. spin ·vi to practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
10. spin ·vt to shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
11. spin ·vt to draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
12. spin ·vt to form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air;
said of the spider, the silkworm, ·etc.