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Definition: Spinner |
SpinnerNoun1. Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads). 2. Board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game. 3. Fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spinner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1757. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | Rotating part of a radar antenna used to impact any subsidiary motion in addition to the primary slewing of the beam. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A rotating antenna and reflector for microwave radars; includes mounts, motor, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A rapidly rotating disc, to which a semiconductor slice is held by a vacuum or other means; adjusts a liquid photo-etch-resist resin to the required thickness on the slice surface by balancing the adhesive properties of the resin and centrifugal force. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | A person who spins yarn. . . for a living. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A manufacturer engaged in spinning. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Deformation of the base so that an article does not stand firmly on a flat surface. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | Streamlined fairing, fitted coaxially and rotating with the propeller, enclosing the hub or boss. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The streamlined fairing, fitted coaxially and rotating with the propeller, enclosing the hub or boss. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Occupations | Operates machine that rolls or spins hot plastic candy into rope-like strip ready for cutting: Kneads hot candy into cylindrical shape on steam-jacketed pouring plate with gloved hands. Turns water and steam valves to regulate temperature of plate. Actuates heating unit of batch roller and starts machine. Lifts candy from pouring plate and feeds candy between machine rollers. Pushes lever to reverse action of rollers to stretch and compact candy to required size strip. May feed strip, discharged from batch roller, into cutting machine. May make specified types of hard candy, performing combination of duties, such as flavoring or coloring batch; spreading soft-center mixture, such as peanut butter, jam, or paste onto partially set candy; pulling candy prior to rolling and spinning [CANDY PULLER (sugar & conf.)]; or applying varicolored candy strips along cylinder to achieve mottled effect. May control battery of machines that automatically pump soft centers into candy, roll or spin candy, size rope candy, cut it to specified size, and pass it through cooling conveyor for wrapping and packing. When preparing rolls of jelly-centered coconut candy, may be designated Coconut-Jelly Roller (sugar & conf.). (references) |
| Tends machine or machine section that extrudes rayon filaments preparatory to washing, bleaching, drying, and winding resulting yarn onto bobbins or cutting it into staple lengths: Grasps filaments as they are extruded into solidifying bath and brings ends together to form single strand. Passes strand over glass rollers that carry it through machine for subsequent processing. Ties strands together if breaks occur. May thread strands through washing, bleaching, and drying rollers and attach them to takeup bobbins [PROCESSOR (plastic-synth.)]. May gather filaments and throw them into glass funnel, mounted on machine, with quantity of acid that carries filaments into revolving $T3spinning box.$T1 May remove and replace bobbins as they become filled and reset clock device that controls speed of filament travel according to diameter of bobbin. When repositioning glass funnels after doffing, is known as Funnel Setter (plastic-synth.). May be designated according to type of spinning process as Spinner, Box (plastic-synth.); Spinner, Continuous (plastic-synth.). (references) | |
| Tends spinning frame that draws out and twists roving or sliver into yarn: Patrols work area and observes spinning to detect nearly exhausted supply packages and breaks in yarn, roving, and sliver. $T3Pieces up$T1 breaks in yarn, roving, and sliver and replaces nearly exhausted supply packages with full packages [CREELER (any industry) 689.687-030]. Twists end of material from supply package to material in machine or threads material from supply package through machine guides and drawing rollers. Brushes yarn or lint from drawing rollers, guides, and rails. Notifies designated personnel of machine malfunction. May doff machine [DOFFER (textile) 689.686-022]. May change travelers [TRAVELER CHANGER (textile) 682.687-010]. May be designated according to machine tended as Spinner, Cap Frame (textile); Spinner, Open-End (textile); Spinner, Ring Frame (textile). (references) | |
| Stretches and shapes metal into symmetrical forms, using handtools and bench lathe, for use in making jewelry: Mounts work in lathe chuck. Starts lathe and forces handtools against metal to bend and stretch it as specified. (references) | |
Transportation | A streamlined fairing fitted coaxially and rotating with the propeller enclosing the hub or boss. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SpinnerSynonyms: spinster (n), thread maker (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spinner |
| English words defined with "spinner": Flax dresser ♦ Warping penny. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spinner": automatic forming machine operator ♦ BELL MAKER, BELL SPINNER ♦ flow machine operator, FORMING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ GIN SPINNER, glass blower, machine forming ♦ JET WIPER ♦ RIVETING-MACHINE OPERATOR II ♦ SCRAP HANDLER ♦ Wet Finger, WIRE-BORDER ASSEMBLER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spinner": Tipula. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spinner" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (crank, madcaps, nut, nutcase, oddball, screwball, screwballUS, silkmoth, silkworm moth, spinner). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Spinner (1964) Spinner o' Dreams (1918) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | On board USS Monongahela, Summer 1899. He "was a spinner of tall tales for the amusement of midshipmen" aboard the ship during their training cruise. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Spinner 1" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Woman knitting. High resolution Free upon request." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Spinner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.52% of the time. "Spinner" is used about 202 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.52% | 197 | 21,803 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.48% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 202 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "spinner" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Spinner | Last name | 1,000 | 7,939 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "spinner": cotton spinner ♦ money spinner ♦ mule spinner ♦ ring spinner ♦ salad spinner ♦ tube spinner ♦ water spinner ♦ web spinner. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "spinner": leg-spinner, off-spinner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
spinner | 2,365 | spinner plus | 49 |
ridin spinner | 1,145 | rim spinner wholesale | 47 |
rim spinner | 1,063 | dub spinner | 44 |
lowell spinner | 429 | riden spinner | 43 |
spinner wheels | 361 | spinner dolphin | 42 |
riding spinner | 209 | spinner kit | 40 |
lyrics ridin spinner | 149 | motorcycle spinner wheels | 38 |
spinner radio | 130 | spinner hub cap | 37 |
spinner wheel | 118 | 20 inch spinner | 37 |
motorcycle spinner | 109 | steering wheel spinner | 37 |
riddin spinner | 99 | 6 mafia ridin spinner three | 36 |
salad spinner | 81 | spinner bait | 36 |
ridin spinner video | 74 | spinner blade | 36 |
wind spinner | 70 | car rim spinner | 35 |
ride spinner | 69 | the spinner music | 35 |
car spinner | 63 | spinner bike | 34 |
motorcycle rim spinner | 60 | lyrics spinner | 33 |
spinner spintek | 60 | mafia ridin six spinner three | 31 |
chrome spinner | 55 | 6 lyrics mafia ridin spinner three | 30 |
spinner sprewell | 51 | trout spinner | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "spinner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tjerrës (spinneret, spinning), flutur (butterfly, damper, fleeting), centrifugë. (various references) | |
Arabic | طعم مدوم أو دوار لصيد السمك, الغزال. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стругар, предачна машина (spinning jenny), предач (throwster), паяжинна жлеза (spinneret). (various references) | |
Chinese | 锭床工人. (various references) | |
Czech | spřádací stroj (mule), třpytka, přadlák (cotton spinner). (various references) | |
Danish | spredeskive (disc, scattering disk), spinner,centrifuge, spinner (devon, devonspinner, nose fairing), spinder (man-made fibre maker, tussock moth), upland bund (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), antennefod (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner). (various references) | |
Dutch | strooischijf (disc, scattering disk), spinner (man-made fibre maker), naafkap (nose fairing), doorgezakte bodem (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), centrifuge (centrifugal cream separator, centrifugal machine, centrifugal treatment, centrifugation, centrifuge, cream separator, grindout machine, separator), antennestatief/ronddraaiende antenne/aftaster (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner). (various references) | |
Farsi | نختاب , نخ ریس , کارگریاماشین نخ ریسی , تابنده (Phosphoric, Phosphorous), عنکبوتی که تارمی تند, ریسنده . (various references) | |
Finnish | spinneri (nose fairing), tutka-antenni (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), pyörivänapainen virtausmittari, pyörivä antenni (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), pyörijä, napasuojus, napakupu, kuitulinko, kuidunkehräyskone, keinuva pohja (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), kehrääjä (nightjar). (various references) | |
French | fileur. (various references) | |
German | Spinner (crank, madcaps, nut, nutcase, oddball, screwball, screwballUS, silkmoth, silkworm moth). (various references) | |
Greek | κώνος έλικας, κώνος εισόδου (nose fairing, spike), κώνος εισαγωγής (nose fairing), κλώστησ, κλώστης, στροβιλιστήσ (twirler, waltzer, whirler), μηχανή φυγοκέντρησης, περιστεφόμενο δόλωμα, εξωτερικός δίσκος ινοποίησης, δίσκος (album, disc, disk, record, single, tray). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכונת טויה, כדור מסובב, טווה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fonógép (spinning-machine). (various references) | |
Italian | spinner, rotatore (rotator), proiettore di onda rotante (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), ogiva (groin, ogive), mattoide (screwball), fondo insaccato (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), fondo deformato (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), disco (dial, disc, discus, disk, diskette, grammophone, grammophone disc, puck, record), corona forata di centrifugazione, centrifuga (centrifuge, spin dryer), carenatura d'entrata (nose fairing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 糸繰り (reel). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いとくり (reel). (various references) | |
Korean | 방적공. (various references) | |
Manx | sneeuder, greie sneeuee (throstle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | innerspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | suporte de antena (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), sistema de antenas de varrimento (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), fundo saído (convex bottom, dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), cúpula (cope, cupola, dome, pinnacle, summit), centrifugador (centrifuge, separator), disco (dial, disc, disk, grammophone disc, record, turntable), fiandeira, fiandeiro (weaver), fluxometro, anzol giratório, fundo deformado (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), torneiro (turner), máquina de fiar (spinning-machine), prato (course, dish, flange, plate, platter, pottery), prato de centrifugação, rotor (armature, rotator, rotor), fundo curvado (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler). (various references) | |
Romanian | sfârleazã (peg top, tectotum, teetotum, top, whirligig), torcãtor, titirez (top, whirligig), organ de tors, muncitor care fasoneazã, maşinã de filat, filator. (various references) | |
Russian | прядильщик (spinneret). (various references) | |
Scottish | snìomhaiche. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prelja (spinster), pauk (spider), mušica za pecanje (hackle), mašina za upredanje, kapa elise. (various references) | |
Spanish | soporte de antena (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), sistema de antena exploradora (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), fondo salido (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), caperuza de hélice, centrifugador (centrifuge), disco (dial, disc, disco, discus, disk, grammophone disc, platter, puck, record, token), disco para centrifugar, extractor centrífugo, fondo bailón (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), caperuza (chaperon), fondo movido (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler), unidad exploradora (aerial mount, antenna mount, scanner), hilador, hilandero, plato (course, disc, dish, disk, food, menu, pigeon, plate, plateful, platter), punta de entrada (nose fairing), fondo inestable (dropped bottom, dropped punt, rock, rocker, rocker bottom, rocky bottom, sunken bottom, wobbler). (various references) | |
Swedish | spinnare. (various references) | |
Turkish | topaç (humming top, peg top, pegtop, teetotum, top, whipping top, whirligig), olta ucuna takılan kaşık, ipekböceğinin ip üreten organı (spinneret), ip eğirici, eğirme makinesi, eğiren kimse, dönen balık yemi, örümcek (spider), örümceğin ip üreten organı (spinneret). (various references) | |
Turkmen | egriji. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | прядильна машина (spinning-machine), прядильник (spinster, yarn-spinner), павук (araneid, araneidan, caterpillar, spider). (various references) | |
Welsh | nyddwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spinner": spinneret, spinnerets, spinnerette, spinnerettes, spinneries, spinners, spinnery. (additional references) | |
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"Spinner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: spanne, spinea, spinna, spinnen, spinnery, spinnet, spinter, spriner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spinner" (pronounced spi"ner) |
| 4 | -p i" n er | Pinner. |
| 3 | -i" n er | beginner, dinner, inner, sinner, Skinner, thinner, winner. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pinners. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-n-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: inners, pennis, pinner, renins, repins, ripens, sinner, sniper. | |
-2 letters: inner, nines, peins, penis, penni, peris, piers, pines, pirns, pries, prise, reins, renin, repin, resin, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, serin, siren, snipe, speir, spier, spine, spire. | |
-3 letters: erns, inns, ires, nine, nips, pein, pens, peri, pier, pies, pine, pins, pirn, rein, reis, reps, rins. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-n-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: panniers, spinners, spinnery. | |
+2 letters: newsprint, pensioner, preunions, pyronines, spinnaker, spinneret, underpins, underspin. | |
+3 letters: crispening, endorphins, ensphering, entropions, gingersnap, innkeepers, insphering, internship, newsprints, nonpareils, parentings, peninsular, pensionary, pensioners, perennials, phrensying, prednisone, prehension, prenotions, presenting, pretension, reopenings, responding, serpentine, sharpening, spinnakers, spinnerets, spinneries, springeing, underspins, uninspired, unripeness, unsphering. | |
+4 letters: antipyrines, encryptions, epinephrins, frangipanes, gingersnaps, impregnants, innerspring, internships, interplants, interpoints, interposing, nalorphines, necropsying, nondescript, nonreceipts, omnipresent, pancreatins, patternings, personating, personation, pertinences, prednisones, prefinances, pregnancies, prehensions, preinvasion, prescinding, presentient, pretensions, preventions, princelings, prominences, reinspiring, responsions, respringing, septentrion, serpentines, spinnerette, splintering, springiness, superintend, supernation, supervening, transalpine, trapnesting, truepennies, trypsinogen, turpentines. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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