spinner

noun

Etymology: From Middle English spynnere; equivalent to spin + -er.

1. Someone who or something that spins.
2. Someone who or something that spins.
3. A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
4. A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.

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

5. The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
6. A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
7. Primarily in the adult film industry, a woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.

   “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..”

8. An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.

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

9. A spin bowler.

   “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...'”

10. A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.

    “Robert had never done a spinner in his life.”

    “Moves such as spinners, el rollos and a manoeuvre known as the ARS (air reverse spin) were all carried out.”

11. A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
12. An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
13. A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
14. A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
15. A spinneret.
16. A spider.

    “I soon found it necessary not only to brush away the web, but also to destroy the spinner; for at first, having cleared the path one day, I found the next morning that the industrious insects had spread their nets again in the very same places.”

    “Should she kill this magnetic spider, and so end its baleful influence? Incentively the trees hissed 'Yes, yes.' Motioning for them to be silent, she steadily watched the insidious spinner, now as if divining her purpose, merely an indrawn inert black speck but acutely watching her.”

17. A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
18. A spin doctor.

    “He's been telling his army of spinners, and DC and Boy George too, that Radio 4 is for the chattering classes, and only people like Cameron and Miliband tune in to watch Paxo on Newsnight last thing at night.”

19. Ellipsis of fidget spinner.
20. A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
21. A record turntable or CD player.
22. A disc jockey.