Clues for the word "SPIN"

We've had 313 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 737 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 30, 2026.

Definition of spin

v. t. - To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
v. t. - To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
v. t. - To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
v. t. - To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
v. t. - To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) 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.
v. t. - 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.
v. i. - To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
v. i. - To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
v. i. - To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
v. i. - To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
n. - The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
n. - Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.