spinning

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnɪŋ/

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spinning (countable and uncountable, plural spinnings)

1. The motion of something that spins.
   • 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)

     these uncontrollable spinnings of the head

2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
3. Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

spinning

1. present participle of spin
   • 2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, page 114:

     An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

• pinnings

Borrowed from English spinning.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ɲiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -iɲiŋk
• Syllabification: spi‧nning

spinning m inan

1. spin fishing

• spinning in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• spinning in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English spinning.

• IPA^(key): /esˈpinin/ [esˈpi.nĩn]
• Rhymes: -inin

spinning m (uncountable)

1. spinning (indoor cycling)

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