Topic: SPORT
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spin2
1 an act of turning around quickly : 
the Earth's spinThe Russian skater finished her routine with a series of spins.
turning
[countable]the Earth's spinThe Russian skater finished her routine with a series of spins.2 a short trip in a car for pleasure [= drive]:
car
[singular] informal3 if you put spin on a ball in a game such as tennis or cricket, you deliberately make the ball turn very quickly so that it is difficult for your opponent to hit
ball
[uncountable]DS4 the way someone, especially a politician or business person, talks about information or a situation, especially in order to influence the way people think about it :
information
[singular, uncountable]5 if an aircraft goes into a spin, it falls suddenly, turning around and around
aircraft
[singular]6 if you are in a spin, you are very confused and anxious : The sudden fall on the stock-market sent brokers into a spin.
in/into a (flat) spin
The sudden fall on the stock-market sent brokers into a spin.7 to turn clothes around very fast in a machine to remove water from them
