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SPIN AROUND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Example:
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Synonyms:
gyrate; reel; spin; spin around; whirl
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "spin around" is one way to...):
go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spin around"):
whirligig (whirl or spin like a whirligig)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP