spinning

1. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

   I spun myself around a few times.

2. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

   They spin the cotton into thread.

3. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
4. (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
5. (of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
6. To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
7. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
8. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
9. To move swiftly.

   to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

10. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

    Blood spins from a vein.

11. To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
12. To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
13. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
14. An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.

1. The motion of something that spins.
2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
3. Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

adjective

Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.