spinner Definition
spin·ner (spin′ər)
noun
a person or thing that spins; specif.,
- a fishing lure with attached blades that revolve or flutter when drawn through the water; also, any of these blades
- a domelike cap that fits over the hub of an airplane propeller and rotates with it
spinner Usage Examples
Preposition: of
yarn: Spielberg is a great spinner of a yarn, however this time he just didn't do it for me.
Converse of object
- spin: Spin each spinner by clicking on the gold circle in the middle of each spinner.
- play: Playing an extra spinner might not be a bad idea on this pitch, Tony - it certain looks very dry.
- leave: Left arm spinner Heartless will be disappointed with figures of 13 overs 0 wicket for 123.
- have: We had a few spinners that's for sure.
- see: Three runs come off the over, as Cook ably sees the spinner off for now.
- use: Nathan Smith caught 2 perch to 8oz using a spinner on Sunday.
Adjective modifier
- left-arm: They were without injured captain Michael Vaughan, fast bowler Simon Jones and left-arm spinner Ashley Giles whose absence opened the door for Panesar.
- world-class: England have failed to produce a world-class wrist spinner in half a century.
- one-day: The lack of a quality one-day spinner, or, preferably, two such bowlers, will continue to be a problem for Lancashire.
- left: The introduction of left arm spinner Windless allowed Wells to really start going deluxe.
- big: Auctions An auction every two years is by far the biggest money spinner in our children's primary school.
- English: The ability of English spinners to take wickets with balls that don't turn continues to amaze me.
Modifies a noun
dolphin: There is a resident school of around four hundred spinner dolphin, which inhabit the west coast of Pemba.
Noun used with modifier
- left-arm: Some added a fourth: Min Patel, the veteran Kent left-arm spinner.
- cotton: These walls belong to James Marsden fine cotton spinners.
- wrist: England have failed to produce a world-class wrist spinner in half a century.
- yarn: These companies include raw material merchants, yarn spinners, dyers, weavers of fabric, assemblers of furniture and retailers.
- leg: Leg spinners have a history of doing very well at Old Trafford.
- salad: Then dry it in a salad spinner of pat dry gently with paper towels.
Browse dictionary entries near spinner
- ‹ spinnaker
- ‹ spininess
- ‹ spinifex
- ‹ spiniferous
- ‹ spinet
- ‹ spinescent
- ‹ spineless
- ‹ spinel
- ‹ spine-tingling
- ‹ spine
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- spinney ›
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- spinning frame ›
- spinning jenny ›
- spinning mule ›
- spinning wheel ›
- spinoff ›
- spinose ›
- spinosity ›

