Spin Around

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Spin Around

Definition: Spin Around

Spin Around

Verb

1. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Spin Around

Synonyms: gyrate (v), reel (v), spin (v), whirl (v). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Spin Around

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Waiting for her head to spin around. (Parenthood; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel)
Lyrics	Head down spin around get a little refried (Just Push Play; performing artist: Aerosmith) Watch it spin around to a beautiful oblivion (Inside Out; performing artist: Eve 6) Spin around one more time (Breathing; performing artist: Lifehouse) They spin around and they cross the floor (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Familiar Quotations: Spin Around

Author	Quotation
Dennis Miller	The government could take away all the drugs in the world and people would spin around on their lawns until they fell down and saw God.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translation: Spin Around

Language		Translations for "spin around"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		обръщам се рязко (spin round, whip round), обръщам се бързо (swing). (various references)

German		kreiseln (gyrate, spin a top, whipping tops), herumfahren (drive around, go about, go around, ride about, ride around, round on, spin round, swing round, touring, travel about, turn round quickly). (various references)

Pig Latin		inspay arounday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Spin Around

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-u"
	-2 letters: andirons, dinosaur, dipnoans, pandours, poniards.
	-3 letters: adipous, adnouns, andiron, dipnoan, diurons, durians, durions, innards, inpours, inroads, nonpaid, ordains, padroni, pandour, pardons, poniard, sadiron, saponin, soprani, sparoid, unipods.
	-4 letters: adnoun, adonis, adorns, anions, aprons, aroids, around, arsino, audios, danios, dinars, diuron, donnas, douras, drains, durian, durion, inpour, inroad, inspan, inurns, nadirs, nasion, nonpar, norias.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-u"
	+4 letters: superabounding.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Familiar

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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