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spinning

[spin-ing] / ˈspɪn ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
ADJECTIVE
revolving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
orbiting swirling whirling
STRONG
circling circulating encircling gyrating pirouetting reeling rolling turning twirling
ADJECTIVE
rotary
Synonyms
STRONG
whirligig whirling
WEAK
encircling gyral gyratory revolving rotating rotational rotatory vertiginous vorticular
ADJECTIVE
vertiginous
Synonyms
WEAK
dizzy giddy revolving rotating turning unstable whirling
ADJECTIVE
whirling
Synonyms
WEAK
gyral gyratory vertiginous vorticose
ADJECTIVE
whirling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
revolving rotating
STRONG
turning
WEAK
vertiginous

Example Sentences

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According to the website, the spiders are active from September to October and are orb-weavers known for spinning spiral wheel-shaped webs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Dating back to April-May 2022 two spinning tops at $10 formed a floor and saw a run to $26 a year later.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Dust storms and spinning dust devils sweep across the surface, continually reshaping the landscape and driving processes that scientists are only beginning to fully understand.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

But nailing down the reason for No Kings is more like spinning the Wheel of Defeatists Complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

And that’s when I realized who could possibly help—the one person who might be able to give me some answers about my mother and the spinning and the magic.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff