Spin

//spɪn//

Synonyms for "spin" (256 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Strong matches (76)

Related words (128)

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Verb(10 words)

plough pluck put lipstick on reel spin around sugarcoat talk a good game twirl whirl whitewash

Noun(10 words)

special interest spinning spinterest swazz tailspin twirl twist twisting viewpoint whirl

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

39 entries

acrobatics aerobatics circumvolve cook up create from raw material create from raw stuff distort draw out drive extend fabricate go around gyration interpretation invent lay out

Showing 16 of 39 words.

Synonyms

3 entries

tailspin whirl whitewash

Related terms

3 entries

spider spindle turn around

coordinate

3 entries

coloration distortion propaganda

derived

91 entries

Biellmann spin I-spin Jackson Haines spin backspin barspin camel spin despin electron spin resonance finger spin flat spin free spin in a flat spin in a spin inverted spin isobaric spin isotopic spin

Showing 16 of 91 words.

entails

1 entries

extrude

has context

6 entries

computing cooking cricket physics programming sports

has subevent

1 entries

get dizzy

is a

7 entries

concept in phsyics drive rendition revolve rotate rotation turn

manner of

7 entries

create from raw material fabricate present prolong revolve stream twist

related to

49 entries

aircraft angular bias circular comment completely condition describe direction disc jockey face favourable flight gyrate interpret interpretation

Showing 16 of 49 words.

Translations

226 translations across 58 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

اِغْتَزَلَ verb (to make yarn)
رَدَنَ verb (to make yarn)
غَزَلَ verb (to make yarn)
فَتَلَ verb (to make yarn)

Armenian

1 entries

մանել verb (to make yarn)

Aromanian

1 entries

anvãrtescu verb (to turn around quickly)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

fırlanmaq verb (to turn around quickly)
əyirmək verb (to make yarn)

Belarusian

1 entries

прасці́ verb (to make yarn)

Bulgarian

4 entries

въртене noun (circular motion)
комплимент noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
спин noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
фалц noun (rotation of a ball in motion)

Catalan

4 entries

efecte noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
espín noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
volta noun (circular motion)
filar verb (to make yarn)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏗᏆᎸᏕᏲᎭ verb (to turn around quickly)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

自旋 noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
紡 /纺 verb (to make yarn)
自轉 /自转 verb (to turn around quickly)
轉動 /转动 verb (to turn around quickly)

Czech

1 entries

příst verb (to make yarn)

Dutch

4 entries

draaien noun (circular motion)
doen draaien verb (to move sideways when bouncing)
draaien verb (to turn around quickly)
spinnen verb (to make yarn)

Esperanto

3 entries

giri verb (to turn around quickly)
ŝpini verb (to make yarn)
ŝpini verb (of spider, silkworm etc: to form from thread)

Estonian

1 entries

ketrama verb (to make yarn)

Finnish

4 entries

kieputus noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
kierre noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
pyörintä noun (circular motion)
pyörivä liike noun (circular motion)

French

4 entries

brossage noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
effet noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
spin noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
tour noun (circular motion)

Galician

1 entries

fiar verb (to make yarn)

German

4 entries

Beschönigung noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
Drall noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
Schönfärberei noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
Spin noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)

Greek

1 entries

ιδιοστροφορμή noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)

Hebrew

2 entries

הסברה noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
הסתובב verb (to turn around quickly)

Hindi

1 entries

प्रचक्रण noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)

Hungarian

4 entries

dugóhúzó noun (flight condition)
forgás noun (circular motion)
pörgés noun (circular motion)
spin noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)

Icelandic

1 entries

spinna verb (to make yarn)

Ingrian

1 entries

kedrätä verb (to make yarn)

Irish

2 entries

sníomh verb (to turn around quickly)
sníomh verb (to make yarn)

Italian

4 entries

effetto noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
testacoda noun (circular motion)
far girare verb (to turn around quickly)
filare verb (to make yarn)

Japanese

4 entries

きりもみ noun (flight condition)
スピン noun (circular motion)
スピン noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
回転 noun (circular motion)

Khmer

2 entries

បង្វិល verb (to turn around quickly)
បង្វិល verb (to make yarn)

Korean

1 entries

회전하다 verb (to turn around quickly)

Latgalian

1 entries

sprēst verb (to make yarn)

Latin

2 entries

gȳrō verb (to turn around quickly)
neō verb (to make yarn)

Latvian

1 entries

vērpt verb (to make yarn)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

pśěsć verb (to make yarn)

Macedonian

1 entries

преде verb (to make yarn)

Mongolian

1 entries

ээрэх verb (to make yarn)

Māori

3 entries

kārure verb (to make yarn)
whenu verb (to make yarn)
ārohirohi verb (to turn around quickly)

Nanai

1 entries

томпо verb (to make yarn)

Norwegian

4 entries

spinn noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
spinn noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
spinn noun (flight condition)
spinne verb (to turn around quickly)

Occitan

4 entries

torn noun (circular motion)
fialar verb (to make yarn)
girar verb (to turn around quickly)
rotar verb (to turn around quickly)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بوكمك verb (to make yarn)
دونمك verb (to turn around quickly)

Persian

3 entries

اسپین noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
تنیدن verb (to make yarn)
رشتن verb (to make yarn)

Polish

4 entries

korkociąg noun (flight condition)
obrót noun (circular motion)
spin noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
obracać się verb (to turn around quickly)

Portuguese

4 entries

giro noun (circular motion)
spin noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
volta noun (circular motion)
volta noun (brief trip)

Quechua

1 entries

puchkay verb (to make yarn)

Romanian

2 entries

toarce verb (to make yarn)
învârti verb (to turn around quickly)

Russian

4 entries

враще́ние noun (circular motion)
приукрашивание noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
спин noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
верте́ться verb (to turn around quickly)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

snìomh noun (favourable comment or interpretation)
snìomh verb (to make yarn)
snìomh verb (to present a bias)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

prȅsti verb (to make yarn)
прȅсти verb (to make yarn)

Slovak

1 entries

priasť verb (to make yarn)

Slovene

1 entries

presti verb (to make yarn)

Spanish

4 entries

ajuaishte noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
barrena noun (flight condition)
espín noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
giro noun (circular motion)

Swahili

1 entries

kusokota verb (to make yarn)

Swedish

4 entries

skruv noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
spinn noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
spinn noun (flight condition)
snurra verb (to turn around quickly)

Thai

3 entries

สปิน noun (physics: quantum angular momentum)
ปั่น verb (to turn around quickly)
หมุน verb (to turn around quickly)

Turkish

4 entries

dolanmak verb (to turn around quickly)
dönmek verb (to turn around quickly)
eğirmek verb (to make yarn)
yaldızlamak verb (to present a bias)

Ukrainian

4 entries

верті́тися verb (to turn around quickly)
крути́тися verb (to turn around quickly)
оберта́тися verb (to turn around quickly)
прясти́ verb (to make yarn)

Vietnamese

1 entries

quay verb (to turn around quickly)

Walloon

1 entries

fiyî verb (to make yarn)

Yiddish

1 entries

שפּינען verb (to turn around quickly)

Sample sentences

51 total sentences available.

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The room started to spin after I drank too much.

Source: tatoeba (27123)

I drank too much and the ground seemed to spin under my feet.

Source: tatoeba (27124)

That popular television series is going to spin off two new shows in the fall.

Source: tatoeba (46004)

I'm so busy these days it makes my head spin. I don't even have time to watch a video.

Source: tatoeba (61709)

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