English-Dutch translations for spin
- spinnenMijnheer de Voorzitter, mijnheer de fungerend voorzitter van de Raad, ik vind het jammer dat premier Blair kennelijk liever gaat ‘spinnen’ tegen journalisten dan dat hij naar dit hele debat luistert. Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I regret that Prime Minister Blair has seen fit to go and spin to journalists rather than listen to this whole debate.
- draaien
- doen draaien
- draaimoment
- tollen
Definition of spin
- To rotate, revolve, gyrate ; to partially or completely rotate to face another direction
- To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance
- To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch
- To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- 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 stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet
- To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class
- Rapid circular motion
- A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment
- Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments
- A single play of a record by a radio station
- A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles
- Unmarried woman, spinster
- The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class
Examples
- I spun myself around a few times.
- Spin the ball on the floor.
- She spun around and gave him a big smile.
- They spin the cotton into thread.
- to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
- Blood spins from a vein.
- The car went into a spin
- The skaters demonstrated their spins
- He put some spin on the cue ball.
- Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
- The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
- Im off out for a spin in my new sports car.
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