Spun Spinning Spin Make Head I Round Spɪn

• the plane was spinning out of control.
• a spinning ice skater
• my head is spinning (= i feel as if my head is going around and i can't balance).
• his theories on economics are enough to make your head spin (= make you feel very confused).

spin

1. to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this
• The plane was spinning out of control.
• a spinning ice skater
• My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going around and I can't balance).
• His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin (= make you feel very confused).
• The dancers spun round and round.
• to spin a ball/coin/wheel
• We placed our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel.
2. to turn round quickly once; to make somebody do this
• He spun around to face her.
• She spun on her heel and walked out.
3. to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it
• She sat by the window spinning.
• to spin and knit wool
• spinning silk into thread
• spinning thread from silk
4. to produce thread from its body to make a web or cocoon
• a spider spinning a web
• A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk.
5. to drive or travel quickly
• They went spinning along the roads on their bikes.
6. to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a spin dryer
7. to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good
• An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as ‘almost as good as an outright win’.
8. to try to make somebody believe a long story that is not true
• See related entries: Dishonest
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/dishonest/spin_1
9. to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction

Extra Examples

• She spun on her heel and walked out of the room.
• The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.
• The blade spins very fast.
• The car spun out of control.
• The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me.
• The wheel can now spin freely.
• The wine made my head spin.
• He spun the child roughly around.
• Jo spun the chair round.
• My head was spinning.
• She spun round to see him grinning at her.
• She spun the roulette wheel one last time.
• Spin your partner around.
• The Earth spins around a central axis.
• They spun a coin to see who should go first.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they spin
• he / she / it spins
• past simple spun
• past participle spun
• -ing form spinning

Word Origin

• Old English spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.