Definitions for spun
spun
spun
Spelling: [spuhn]
IPA: /spʌn/
Spun is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 26 anagrams from letters in spun (npsu).
Definitions for spun
noun
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the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
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a spinning motion given to a ball, wheel, axle, or other object.
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a downward movement or trend, especially one that is sudden, alarming, etc.:
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a rapid run, ride, drive, or the like, as for exercise or enjoyment:
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Slang. a particular viewpoint or bias, especially in the media; slant:
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Also called tailspin, tail spin. Aeronautics. a maneuver in which an airplane descends in a vertical direction along a helical path of large pitch and small radius at an angle of attack greater than the critical angle, dangerous when not done intentionally or under control.
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Rocketry.
the act of intentionally causing a rocket or guided missile to undergo a roll.
a roll so caused.
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Also called spin angular momentum. Physics. the intrinsic angular momentum characterizing each kind of elementary particle, having one of the values 0, 1/2, 1/3, … when measured in units of Planck's constant divided by 2π.
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Australian. a run of luck; fate.
verb
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a simple past tense and past participle of spin.
Idioms
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spin one's wheels. wheel (def 27).
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spin out, (of an automobile) to undergo a spinout.
adjective
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formed by or as by spinning.
Verb phrases
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spin off,
to create something new, as a company or assets, without detracting from or affecting the relative size or stability of the original:
to derive from or base on something done previously:
verb (used with object)
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to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers:
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to form (the fibers of any material) into thread or yarn:
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(of spiders, silkworms, etc.) to produce (a thread, cobweb, gossamer, silk, etc.) by extruding from the body a long, slender filament of a natural viscous matter that hardens in the air.
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to cause to turn around rapidly, as on an axis; twirl; whirl:
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Informal. to play (phonograph records):
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Metalworking. to shape (sheet metal) into a hollow, rounded form by pressure from a tool while rotating the metal on a lathe or wheel.
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to produce, fabricate, or evolve in a manner suggestive of spinning thread:
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Rocketry. to cause intentionally (a rocket or guided missile) to undergo a roll.
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to draw out, protract, or prolong (often followed by out):
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British. to flunk a student in an examination or a term's work.
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Slang. to cause to have a particular bias; influence in a certain direction:
verb (used without object)
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to revolve or rotate rapidly, as the earth or a top.
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to produce a thread from the body, as spiders or silkworms.
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to produce yarn or thread by spinning.
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to move, go, run, ride, or travel rapidly.
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to have a sensation of whirling; reel:
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to fish with a spinning or revolving bait.
Origin of spun
before 900; Middle English spinnen to spin yarn, Old English spinnan; cognate with Dutch, German spinnen, Old Norse spinna, Gothic spinnan
Examples for spun
The woman ancestor kitchen-gardened, spun, wove, and nourished the poultry.
The way Grant spun his publicity faux pas paved the way for many celebrities after him.
He spun three times, stopped on a dime, and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.
Gillian Flynn, the bestselling suspense writer of Gone Girl, has also spun out a juicy thriller.
Chesapeake formed subsidiaries to build and run the lines, then spun them off into a separate, publicly traded company.
The man took her by the shoulder, laughing still, and spun her up standing.
Lloyd clapped her hands and spun around the room like a top.
Again he yelled, and as he did so, he struck his heels upon the floor and spun around.
It's the stuff that a thousand summer-girl stories have been spun out of.
Meanwhile, CrossFit has taken the relatively solitary world of weightlifting and calisthenics and spun a communitarian dreamland.