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Definition of Spinner

1. Noun. Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads).

2. Noun. Board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game.

3. Noun. Fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water.

Definition of Spinner

1. n. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

Definition of Spinner

1. Noun. Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins. ¹

2. Noun. A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) The coin thrower in a game of two-up. ¹

4. Noun. (cricket) a spin bowler. ¹

5. Noun. (fishing) a type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks. ¹

6. Noun. (slang cinema) Used primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted. ¹

7. Noun. (computing graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spinner

1. one that spins [n -S] - See also: spins

Medical Definition of Spinner

1. 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." 3. A goatsucker; so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. 4. A spinneret. Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinner

spininesses spinipetal spink spinks spinless spinlike spinmaster spinmasters spinmeister spinmeisters

spinnability spinnable spinnaker spinnakers spinner dolphin spinner dolphins spinneret spinnerets spinnerette spinnerettes

spinneries spinners spinnerule spinnerules spinnery spinnet spinnets spinney

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