Meaning

Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins..

Definitions by Sense

1. Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
2. A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
3. A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
4. (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
5. (Australia, prison, slang) A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
6. (often vulgar, slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, a woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
7. (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
8. (cricket) A spin bowler.

Example Sentences

I got a four on the spinner and moved my counter forward four spaces on the board.

Now, Cher was a spinner. Spinner is slang for a petite “chez chez la femme” who loved to assume the dominate sexual position on top. In other words, one could take a spinner and turn her around rapidly thus creating a circular motion and a geometrically induced orgasm.

For example, some johns used the term spinner to refer a petite female. This was exemplified by an exchange in the Dayton forum where individuals discussed the meaning of the term spinner: Purplehead: I picked up what looked to be a young thin WSW just south of McDs … She looked really good, about 100 lbs, and very cute, dark hair … a definite spinner..

He hadn't dated any Asian girls at Princeton, even though there were tons of them. They tended to be petite, and he wasn't into little girls, "spinners," as Andy called them.

The girl peeking up at him under strawberry[-]blond curls was what men commonly referred to as a “spinner.” Petite, passionate, and pliable...one you could switch into a different sexual position without removing yourself from her heat. […] "I'm going to fuck my little spinner now. She's had it too easy so far."

[…] petite women, whom he called 'spinners,' because, in comparison to 'heifers,' they are far more manageable.”

Select the number of copies you would like to print using the Number of copies spinner.

I can ascertain that even in the present era where T20 cricket has redefined spin bowling and spinners have started bowling doosras and teesras and fire the deliveries in, you can expect Bishan Singh Bedi to stick to his original definition, and insist that, 'A spinner is one who turns the ball...'

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