Spin

Circular motion, usually rapid

• After dinner, we took a spin around town in my car.

  Nach dem Abendessen haben wir mit meinem Auto eine Spritztour durch die Stadt gemacht.

  Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

• What makes the earth spin?

  Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR

Spin

A state of confusion or disorientation

Spin

A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist

Spin

Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces

Spin

A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure

Spin

A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic momentselten

Spin

A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situationselten

Spin

A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motionselten

Spin

An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journalselten

Spin

A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filamentsselten

To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction

• Stop spinning in that chair!

  Hör auf, dich in dem Stuhl zu drehen!

  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

• What would happen if the earth stopped spinning?

  Was geschähe, wenn die Erde aufhörte, sich zu drehen?

  Tatoeba · Amastan · CC BY 2.0 FR

To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.; To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode)