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 and gerund of spin
   • 2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 1 May 2013, 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

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from spinning.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ɲiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -iɲiŋk
• Syllabification: spi‧nning

spinning m inan (related adjective spinningowy)

1. (countable, fishing) spinning rod (long, flexible fishing rod with guide rings and a mounting bracket for a spinning reel)
2. (uncountable, fishing) spin fishing (angling technique where a spinnerbait, a type of hybrid fishing lure with at least one freely rotating blade, is used to entice the fish to bite)
3. (uncountable, exercise) spin (type of physical training involving group riding on exercise bicycles under the supervision of an instructor while listening to loud, rhythmic music)

• spinning in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• spinning in PWN's encyclopedia
• spinning at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Unadapted borrowing from English spinning.

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

spinning m (uncountable)

1. spinning (indoor cycling)

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