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View definitions for spinning

spinning

adjective as in revolving

adjective as in rotary

adjective as in vertiginous

adjective as in whirling

adjective as in whirling

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That distant whirring sound you hear is a long-dead Greek physician spinning in his grave.

He's dazzling, fielding questions, spinning out anecdotes and limericks, sounding 35 and hungry for publicity.

The powerful forces of gravity and magnetism channel matter into huge flattened spinning platters known as accretion disks.

I always visualized history,” he recalled, “but her spinning native cotton with that wheel transported me into it.

To that regard, Mulaney opens with its star spinning a longer joke-yarn based on something that had really happened to him.

It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.

Remember how often you used to scold me for tangling the yarn, when you were spinning on the great wheel.

Lawrence returned the fire, and the ball struck Jerry's revolver and sent it spinning.

They reached the Black Caon road and went spinning into it, some of the wheels in the air.

The smack was well clear of the fleets and spinning along nicely to southward on a dark night, and Jack was at the wheel.

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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spinning, such as: performing, running, accomplishing, administering, conducting, and contriving.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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