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SPIN AROUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spin around mean?
• SPIN AROUND (verb)
The verb SPIN AROUND has 1 sense:
1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Familiarity information: SPIN AROUND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
gyrate; reel; spin; spin around; whirl
Context example:
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Hypernyms (to "spin around" is one way to...):
go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spin around"):
whirligig (whirl or spin like a whirligig)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
According to the new radar observations, comet P/2016 BA14 appears to spin around its axis once every 35 to 40 hours.
(Comet Flying by Earth Observed with Radar and Infrared, NASA)
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