spinning

Plural: spinnings

Noun

• The action or process of turning rapidly or twisting fibers.
• creating thread
• The motion of something that spins.
• The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
• Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

Verb

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
• stream in jets, of liquids
• cause to spin
• make up a story
• form a web by making a thread
• work natural fibers into a thread
• twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
• prolong or extend
• present participle and gerund of spin

Examples

• Her head started SPINNING with possibilities when she saw the blank tile.

Synonyms

birl, gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, spin out, twirl, whirl