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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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It can feel as if you are spinning out of control in a Tilt-A-Whirl ride at an amusement park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He can’t do high spinning kicks or elaborate gymnastics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Because the inner ear’s balance organs are wired to the eye muscles, when displaced crystals send false signals that the head is spinning, the eyes reflexively move to compensate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

A weekly double bottom base could be taking shape and bulls would have been confident that selling pressure was abating with the appearance of a couple of spinning tops and a doji candle.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

When my head stops spinning and my heart stops crashing around, I open my eyes.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam