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spinning

[spin-ing] / ˈspɪn ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
ADJECTIVE
revolving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
orbiting swirling whirling
STRONG
circling circulating encircling gyrating pirouetting reeling rolling turning twirling
ADJECTIVE
rotary
Synonyms
STRONG
whirligig whirling
WEAK
encircling gyral gyratory revolving rotating rotational rotatory vertiginous vorticular
ADJECTIVE
vertiginous
Synonyms
WEAK
dizzy giddy revolving rotating turning unstable whirling
ADJECTIVE
whirling
Synonyms
WEAK
gyral gyratory vertiginous vorticose
ADJECTIVE
whirling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
revolving rotating
STRONG
turning
WEAK
vertiginous

Example Sentences

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The study also revealed that Cooper pairs in this material behave as if they carry angular momentum, similar to a spinning object.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

According to the website, the spiders are active from September to October and are orb-weavers known for spinning spiral wheel-shaped webs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But nailing down the reason for No Kings is more like spinning the Wheel of Defeatists Complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Denford’s mission is to interrupt the spinning vortex of negativity in which the world is caught by redirecting our energy instead of contributing one more fiery rebuttal to sexist idiocy.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Just before the floor collapsed, I threw the last nest at the spinning wheel.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff