Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 10 compound words that contain spinners. The most common are listed below. Open spinners in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- fidget spinnersplural of fidget spinner: A type of stress-relieving toy that is intended to be spun around in one's hand, and that generally consists of a bearing in the center of a design made from any of a variety of materials including brass …
- salad spinnersplural of salad spinner: A tool using centrifugal force to wash and dry salad
- top-spinnersplural of top-spinner: a type of ball, bowled by a leg spin bowler, that spins forward and, when bouncing off the pitch, bounces higher than expected and slows down
- mule spinners' cancerAn epithelioma of the scrotum, believed to be caused by exposure to mineral oil.
- cotton-spinnersplural of cotton-spinner: A sea cucumber found in shallow waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, Holothuria forskali.
- finger spinnersplural of finger spinner: A bowler who specializes in finger spin.
- leg-spinnersplural of leg-spinner: A bowler who bowls leg spin.
- money-spinnersplural of money-spinner: Something that generates a continuous income.
- off spinnersplural of off spinner: A bowler who bowls off spin.
- orthodox spinnersplural of orthodox spinner: A finger spinner.
- potato spinnersplural of potato spinner: A device with a spoked wheel that is connected to a tractor (or traditionally drawn by a horse) to lift potatoes out of the ground.
- ring spinnersplural of 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.
- sign spinnersplural of sign spinner: A form of human billboard who waves or twirls a sign to gain the attention of passers-by.
- wrist spinnersplural of wrist spinner: A bowler who specializes in wrist spin.
- yarn-spinnersplural of yarn-spinner: One who spins yarns, a storyteller.
- steering wheel spinnersplural of steering wheel spinner: An adapted driving device that attaches a spinnable knob to the steering wheel, allowing free spinning for those who can only grip the wheel with one limb, to be well attached to the wheel and allow the …
- gin spinnersplural of gin spinner: A distiller or rectifier of gin.
- wheel spinnersplural of wheel spinner: A knob attached to the steering wheel of a motor vehicle or tractor, especially before the widespread availability of power steering, helping the driver steer with one arm, especially when the steering effort is …
Compound words 10
- webspinnersplural of webspinner: Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.
- backspinnersplural of backspinner: A ball bowled with backspin
- cytospinnersplural of cytospinner: A form of centrifuge used to prepare cell samples for microscopy.
- electrospinnersplural of electrospinner: A device used in electrospinning
- legspinnersplural of legspinner: A bowler who bowls leg spin.
- moneyspinnersplural of moneyspinner: Something that generates a continuous income.
- offspinnersplural of offspinner: A bowler who bowls off spin.
- topspinnersplural of topspinner: A player who applies topspin to the ball.
- wristspinnersplural of wristspinner: A bowler who specializes in wrist spin.
- yarnspinnersplural of yarnspinner: A storyteller; one who spins a yarn.