spinner
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)Synonyms: spinsterthread makerType of maker, shaper
- board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the gameType of game equipment
- fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the waterType of fisherman's lure, fish lureMember of fishing gear, tackle
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
2. A spider. “Long-legged spinners.” William Shakespeare
3. Zoology A goatsucker; — so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
4. Zoology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<interface> A type of input control available on most graphical user interfaces, consisting of a text box or list control with associated up and down buttons. The user can either type in the text box or select an item from the list by clicking on it directly, or they can repeatedly select the next or previous value by clicking the up or down button.
(2008-09-26)