Thesaurus: spinner

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1. n. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
2. n. A spider.
3. n. A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
4. n. A spinneret.
5. n. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
6. n. board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
7. n. fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
8. 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak. 3. (Zoöl.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. 4. (Zoöl.) A spinneret. Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
9. A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makeswhen darting through the air.
10. n:100 n. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) n. board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game n. fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water