verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To dry in a spin dryer. transitive
2. 2
   dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces wordnet

Etymology

From spin + dry. First use appears c. 1927 in the Saturday Evening Post.

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