- spin
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 fast turning movementADJECTIVE▪ quick, rapid▪ slow▪ back, side, top (usually topspin, etc.) (sports)▪
She puts heavy topspin on her serve.
VERB + SPIN▪ go into▪He had to stop the helicopter from going into a spin.
▪ come out of▪ put sb/sth in, put sb/sth into, send sb/sth into (all figurative)▪The president's death sent the stock market into a spin.
▪ give sth▪Give the clothes another spin.
▪ impart, put▪How do you put more spin on the ball?
SPIN + NOUN▪ dryer (BrE)▪ cycle▪We stopped the washing machine before the spin cycle.
▪After a bitter divorce, the two actors were thrown into a media spin cycle. (AmE, figurative)
▪ bowler, bowling (in cricket)2 on informationADJECTIVE▪ negative, positive▪ different, fresh, interesting, (whole) new, unique▪She's put a whole new spin on the theme of corporate greed.
▪ contemporary, modern▪ media, political▪ Labour, Republican, etc.VERB + SPIN▪ add, give sth, put▪The chairman tried to put a positive spin on the closure of the factory.
SPIN + NOUN▪ doctor▪government spin doctors
▪ machine▪the government's spin machine
PREPOSITION▪ with a spin▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
verbADVERB▪ fast, quickly, rapidly▪The blade spins very fast.
▪ freely▪The wheel can now spin freely.
▪ around, round (esp. BrE)▪He spun around to face her.
▪ away, backVERB + SPIN▪ begin to, start toPHRASES▪ make sb's head spin (figurative)▪The wine made my head spin.
▪ spin like a top▪The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me.
▪ spin on its axis▪The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.
▪ spin on your heel (esp. AmE)▪She spun on her heel and walked out of the room.
▪ spin out of control▪The car spun out of control.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
