spinning
pronunciation
How to pronounce spinning in British English:
UK [ˈspɪnɪŋ]
How to pronounce spinning in American English:
US [ˈspɪnɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- creating thread
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- Adjective:
- rotating rapidly about an axis
Word Origin
- spinning (n.)
- late 13c., verbal noun from spin (v.). Spinning wheel attested from c. 1400. Spinning-jenny is from 1783 (see jenny); invented by James Hargreaves c. 1764-7, patented 1770.
Example
- 1. It also stops those galaxies spinning themselves apart .
- 2. The answer was to get the slug spinning .
- 3. Little information exists about spinning techniques in use in china .
- 4. A spinning bullet is too stable ; you can 't apply enough force to turn it off its axis of revolution .
- 5. Computer hard drives contain high-speed spinning motors .