spinner

spin·ner (sp

1. One that spins: a spinner of flax; a spinner of tall tales.

2. A fishing lure that rotates rapidly.

3. A fairing fitted over the hub of the propeller in some aircraft.

4. Games A device consisting of a dial and an arrow that is spun to indicate the next move in some board games.

spinner [ˈspɪnə]

1. a person or thing that spins

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Informal a spin doctor

3. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket

a. a ball that is bowled with a spinning motion

b. a bowler who specializes in bowling such balls

4. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a streamlined fairing that fits over and revolves with the hub of an aircraft propeller

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) a fishing lure with a fin or wing that revolves when drawn through the water

6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) an angler's name for the mature adult form (imago) of various flies, especially the mayflies Compare dun² [3]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	spinner - someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) thread maker, spinster maker, shaper - a person who makes things
	2.	spinner - board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game game equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
	3.	spinner - fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water fish lure, fisherman's lure - (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig - gear used in fishing

Translations

spinner [ˈspɪnəʳ] N

1. [of cloth] → hilandero/a m/f

2. (Cricket, Baseball) → el/la que da efecto a la pelota

3. (Fishing) → cebo m artificial de cuchara

4. (= spin-dryer) → secadora-centrifugadora f

spinner [ˈspɪnə^r] n [thread] → fileur/euse m/f

spinner

(of cloth) → Spinner(in) m(f)

(inf) = spin-drier

(Fishing) → Spinnköder m

(Cricket) Werfer, der den Bällen einen Drall gibt

spinner [ˈspɪnəʳ] n (of thread, yarn) → tessitore/trice (Fishing) → cucchiaino (fam) (spin-dryer) → centrifuga

spinner spin

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cash cow Clotho Embiodea Embioptera fish lure fisherman's lure fishing gear fishing rig Flax dresser insect march brown money-spinner nut case nutter order Embiodea order Embioptera Ring spinner salad spinner spent gnat	It seemed as if, first in her own fire within the house, and then in the fiery haze without, she tried to discover what kind of woof Old Time, that greatest and longest- established Spinner of all, would weave from the threads he had already spun into a woman. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context Tom tried him off his own ground once or twice, but found he knew nothing beyond, and so let him have his head, and the rest of the road bowled easily away; for old Blow-hard (as the boys called him) was a dry old file, with much kindness and humour, and a capital spinner of a yarn when he had broken the neck of his day's work, and got plenty of ale under his belt. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context When disturbed, it acts differently according to circumstances: if there is a thicket below, it suddenly falls down; and I have distinctly seen the thread from the spinners lengthened by the animal while yet stationary, as preparatory to its fall. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context	spinel spinel ruby spineless spinelessly spinelessness spinelle Spinescence spinescent spinet Spinetail Spineted Spingarn Spini-spirulate spiniferous spinifex Spiniform Spinigerous Spininess Spink spinmeister spinnability spinnable spinnaker spinnbar spinnbarkeit spinner spinneret Spinnerule spinney spinning spinning frame Spinning gland Spinning house spinning jenny spinning machine spinning mill Spinning mite spinning mule spinning rod spinning top spinning wheel Spinny spinocerebellar spinocerebellar disorder spinode spinoff spinose Spinosity spinous spinous process Spinous process of a vertebra	Spiniform spinifugal spiniger Spinigerous spininess spininess spininess spinipetal Spink Spink County Spink County, SD Spink County, South Dakota Spink, J. G. Taylor SPINK1 spinmeister spinmeisters spinnability spinnable spinnaker spinnaker Spinnaker Sail Sign Spinnaker Sign spinnakers spinnakers spinnbar spinnbarkeit spinnbarkeit Spinnbarkeit relaxation Spinnell Spinnell spinner Spinnerbait Spinnerbait spinnerbaits spinnerbaits spinneret spinneret Spinnerets Spinnerets Spinners Spinners Spinners & Weavers Association of Korea spinners type Spinnerule Spinnet Spinnet spinney spinney Spinney Mountain State Park spinneys spinneys Spinnin' Spinnin' Spinnin' spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning Spinning (djing) Spinning (djing)

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cash cow
Clotho
Embiodea
Embioptera
fish lure
fisherman's lure
fishing gear
fishing rig
Flax dresser
insect
march brown
money-spinner
nut case
nutter
order Embiodea
order Embioptera
Ring spinner
salad spinner
spent gnat

It seemed as if, first in her own fire within the house, and then in the fiery haze without, she tried to discover what kind of woof Old Time, that greatest and longest- established Spinner of all, would weave from the threads he had already spun into a woman.

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

Tom tried him off his own ground once or twice, but found he knew nothing beyond, and so let him have his head, and the rest of the road bowled easily away; for old Blow-hard (as the boys called him) was a dry old file, with much kindness and humour, and a capital spinner of a yarn when he had broken the neck of his day's work, and got plenty of ale under his belt.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

When disturbed, it acts differently according to circumstances: if there is a thicket below, it suddenly falls down; and I have distinctly seen the thread from the spinners lengthened by the animal while yet stationary, as preparatory to its fall.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

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