Spin vs Spinmeister - What's the difference?
spin | spinmeister |
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
* Longfellow
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
* Prior
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
* {{quote-news, year=2006, date=February 9, title=The Politics of Science, work=The Washington Post
, passage=In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin' the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to ' spin scientific data and muzzle scientists toward that end.}}
(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
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.
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.
To move swiftly.
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
To twist (hay) into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.
(computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
Circular motion.
(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
A brief trip by vehicle.
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
* 1913 , DH Lawrence,
(cricket) Describing a spin bowler, or his style of bowling.
(US, politics, slang) A media liaison or spokesperson, charged with presenting the spin for their political side.
*{{quote-news, 1988, , Laura A. Kiernan, ...And Then There Was One, The Boston Globe
, passage=Republican spinmeisters were quick to offer their opinions last week on Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess' decision not to challenge Portsmouth lawyer Paul McEachern for the Democratic nomination for governor.}}
As nouns the difference between spin and spinmeister
is that spin is spin while spinmeister is (us|politics|slang) a media liaison or spokesperson, charged with presenting the spin for their political side.spin
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Verb
- I spun myself around a few times.
- Spin the ball on the floor.
- The Earth spins with a period of one day.
- She spun around and gave him a big smile.
- Round about him spun the landscape, / Sky and forest reeled together.
- They spin the cotton into thread.
- They neither know to spin , nor care to toil.
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- to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
- Blood spins from a vein.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (give something a favorable appearance) whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress upHypernyms
* revolve * rotate * turnDerived terms
* respin * spin one's wheels * spin out * spinsterSee also
* turn aroundNoun
(en noun)- The car went into a spin .
- The skaters demonstrated their spins .
- ''He put some spin on the cue ball.
- One of the planet's moons has a slower spin than the others.
- She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.
Derived terms
* backspin * Biellmann spin * camel spin * layback spin * media spin * parallel spin * sidespin * sit spin * spin doctor * take for a spin * topspin * upright spinAdjective
(-)spinmeister
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