spinny

adj

spinny

adj

Etymology From spin + -y.

1

Informal Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.

  • 1997, DAN Seemiller, M Holowchak, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies - all 3 versions » The sound at contact should be solid and crisp, not “spinny.”
  • “It is a spinny thing with wires in it, with the wires wrapped around something (coil) and N and S (unsure what N and S were)."2003, Ian S. Ginns, Stephen J. Norton, Campbell J. McRobbie, “Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology”, in Pupils ^([sic]) Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003, pages 115–118:
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  • Then you got a double whammy - your eyes were full of orange and your head was spinny and dizzy.2006, J Purkis, Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome:

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