Definitions

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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On May 1, engineers made another attempt using a combination of steeper drill angles, drill rotation, vibration, and spinning of the drill bit.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Within five milliseconds of that contact, the spinning blade comes to a dramatic brake, and the blade whooshes below the table.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

“That’s just absolutely a recipe for people spinning out and doing some things.”

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

There was also no mention of selling or spinning off the sports cable network, which has bled subscribers in recent years.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

I tried to forget about spinning gold, and the next week Ida and Balthilda helped take my mind off things by surprising me with new clothes—two sets of them!

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

spinning

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