• from Spin. Spinning gland (Zoöl.), one of the glands which formthe material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larvæ.-- Spinning house, formerly a common name for a house of correctionin England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.-- Spinning jenny (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool orcotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolvingsimultaneously.-- Spinning mite (Zoöl.), the red spider.-- Spinning wheel, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which awheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, orby the foot acting on a treadle.


    Spinning meaning & definition 1 of Spinning.


  • Deejaying or playing records

    Spinning meaning & definition 2 of Spinning.


  • New form of group exercise in which a dozen or more people (usually women) sit on indoor stationary bikes together and pedal to the sound of music and the directions of an instructor.

    Spinning meaning & definition 3 of Spinning.


  • To be transfixed on a relatively insignificant thought or event and unhealthily or unnecessarily dwelling on it attaching a more elaborate meaning and emotion to it.
    The [trigger] often seems trivial to others but to the person who is spinning it becomes connected to their personal prevailing emotions, past experiences, and/or unresolved trauma/pathology.
    May include but not exclusive to:

    imagining/playing out elaborate future scenarios, radical actions, and/or conversations;

    questioning any past or present experiences, activities, and/or relationships;

    Possible origins:
    Like how a textile worker can get a seemingly small piece or bundle of fiber and spin it into a long thread by combining it with others.
    Or how a spider can spin an elaborate web by connecting many threads together.

    Spinning meaning & definition 4 of Spinning.


  • confused

    Spinning meaning & definition 5 of Spinning.


  • the art, and sport that involves making someone else (the spinnie) to be caused to turn around and look for who may have called them.

    widely practiced in depots formally known as ABRO across the UK but mainly in Telford, Shropshire UK.
    the highest most respected spin known to man is a 360 spin. meaning that the person has literally looked all the way around for someone who may have called them.

    it is mearly a bit of fun that passes the day with amusement.
    if you're not spinning, your not working hard enough!!!

    Spinning meaning & definition 6 of Spinning.


  • A Load of Women cycling bikes indoors to the sound of cheesy music!

    Spinning meaning & definition 7 of Spinning.


    1. To Be DJing
    2. When someone has lotsa waves in there hair

    Spinning meaning & definition 8 of Spinning.


  • When one is lighting a joint.

    Spinning meaning & definition 9 of Spinning.


  • doing your laundry at the laundromat SpinCycle; having a good time

    Spinning meaning & definition 10 of Spinning.


  • Spinning in Triathlon/Ironman - Cycling. Fast pedaling with a low gear (up to 120 pedal revolutions per minute).

    Spinning meaning & definition 11 of Spinning.


  • a brand name for a form of exercise that is done inside a building on a machine like a bicycle that you ride very fast without moving forward

    Spinning meaning & definition 12 of Spinning.

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