Definition of: spin

(spin) v. spun (Archaic span), spun, spin·ning v.t.
1. To draw out and twist into threads; also, to draw out and twist fiber into (threads, yarn, etc.).
2. To make or produce as if by spinning.
3. To form (a net, etc.) from filaments of a viscous substance extruded from the body: said of spiders, silkworms, etc.
4. To tell, as a story or yarn.
5. To protract; prolong, as a period of time by delays or a story by additional details: with out.
6. To cause to whirl rapidly: to spin a top.
—v.i.
7. To make thread or yarn.
8. To extrude filaments of a viscous substance from the body: said of spiders, etc.
9. To whirl rapidly; rotate.
10. To seem to be whirling, as from dizziness: My head is spinning.
11. To move rapidly.
12. To fish with a spoon bait or swivel.
—noun
1. An act or instance of spinning; a rapid whirling.
2. Any rapid movement or action.
3. Aeron. The downward spiral motion of an airplane about a vertical axis, with its longitudinal axis steeply inclined.
4. Physics The angular momentum of an atomic particle or nuclide, commonly given in units of Planck's constant divided by 2π. [OE spinnan spin]