Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. One that spins: a spinner of flax; a spinner of tall tales.
- n. A fishing lure that rotates rapidly.
- n. A fairing fitted over the hub of the propeller in some aircraft.
- n. Games A device consisting of a dial and an arrow that is spun to indicate the next move in some board games.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- n. A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
- n. The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- n. Used primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- n. An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- n. A spin bowler.
- n. A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- n. An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- n. A goatsucker.
- n. A spinneret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
- n. A spider.
- n. A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
- n. A spinneret.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which spins, in any sense; one skilled in spinning.
- n. A spider; especially, a spinning-spider.
- n. See the quotation.
- n. A spinneret.
- n. The night-jar or night-churr, Caprimulgus europæus: from its cries, which may be likened to the noise of a spinning-wheel. See cut under night-jar. Also wheel-bird. Compare reeler in like use for another bird.
- n. A kind of boat.
- n. A quality of leaf suitable for roll tobacco. See spinning-leaf tobacco.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
- n. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- n. fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
Etymologies
Examples
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Yes | No | Report from urban moore wrote 43 weeks 5 days ago best lure i have found over a spinner is a grub that fits the water color
what is the best bass lure that has gotten more hitts than any other for you throughout the years?
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A very excellent bass "spinner" is made by taking a fireman's shield, dyeing it red, tying it to a pair of boy's skates, attaching it to a mouse trap and dragging it through the water at a speed not exceeding twenty miles an hour.
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So I tell my clients to engage the reel while the spinner is still in the air and start cranking before it hits the water.
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The only other methods I've used successfully on Oct. holdover stocked fish is to run a very small Panther Martin spinner quickly near their location.
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Man I think I need to get into the lure making business. $12 profit per spinner is a pretty good margin.
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I think my favorite spinner is the Vibrax as it gets down deep and cast well.
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The WWUD spinner is from a folder that they sell at Archie McPhee (Product Link) along with other unicorn finery.
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A spinner is the generic term for a flying car in Blade Runner that can drive as a ground car, take off vertically, hover and cruise using jet propulsion.
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Personally, I think Panther Martin spinner & Yamamoto Senko are both slightly underrated on this list.
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Trolling a spinner is all about finding the lure’s sweet spot.
bilby commented on the word spinner
Cricket jargon - a bowler whose method of delivery involves spinning the ball with fingers or wrist.
November 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word spinner
In bookselling, a vertical book stand that rotates.
October 23, 2007