to revolve rapidly; to whirl

said of wheels: to revolve rapidly without gripping, e.g. in mud or wet grass

said of a ball: to revolve in the air and deviate from a straight line on bouncing

to have the sensation of spinning; to reel

My head is spinning

to draw out and twist fibre into yarn or thread

said of a spider, silkworm, or insect: to form (e.g. a web) a thread by extruding a sticky rapidly hardening liquid in threads

said of an aircraft: to fall in a spin

to plunge helplessly and out of control

to cause (something) to revolve rapidly

spin a top

to project (a ball) so that it revolves in the air and deviates from a straight line on bouncing

to draw out and twist (fibre) into yarns or threads

to produce (yarn or thread) by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material

the act or an instance of spinning or twirling

the whirling motion imparted, e.g. to a ball, by spinning

an aerial manoeuvre or flight condition in which an aircraft stalls and plunges steeply downwards out of control rotating about its longitudinal or vertical axis as it goes

a plunging descent or downward spiral

in physics, the property of an elementary particle (minute particle of matter) that corresponds to intrinsic angular momentum (quantity of rotational motion), that can be thought of as rotation of the particle about an axis through its centre, and that is mainly responsible for magnetic properties

a measure of this