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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 axisplay

  Familiarity information: SPIN AROUND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIN AROUND (verb)


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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