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- The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
- A twist or fold.
- The state or condition of being convoluted.
- (computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
- (mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
- One 360° turn in a spring or similar helix.
- Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
- the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
- a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
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- the shape of something rotating rapidly
- A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
- (historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
- (zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
- (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
- (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
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- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- fly around
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
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- A swirling vortex.
- A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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- the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
- (also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- (specifically, Euclidean geometry) A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
- (conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
- (neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.
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- the act of rotating rapidly
- a short drive in a car
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
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- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- prolong or extend
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- work natural fibers into a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- make up a story
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
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- the act of rotating rapidly
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a circular segment of a curve
- a jerky pulling movement
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
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- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
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- the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
- the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
- (astronomy, uncountable) The slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
- (physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
- Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
- (uncountable) Precedence.
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- The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
- A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
- A snail of the genus Vertigo.
- a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
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- the act of rotating as if on an axis
- a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
- (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
- (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
- A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
- Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
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- the center around which something rotates
- the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- a group of countries in special alliance
- a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
- (anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
- A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
- (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- (figurative) The centre of attention within a process (e.g. the axis of investigation)
- (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
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- a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
- (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
- (piracy) A bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- (informal) Camera.
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- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- (baking, chiefly in the plural) A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
- (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
- (American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
- (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- (surfing) The concave part of a breaking wave.
- (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
- (agriculture, phytopathology, uncountable) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
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- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- (intransitive) To move in curves.
- (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
- (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
- (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
- (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- play the Scottish game of curling
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- shape one's body into a curl
- form a curl, curve, or kink
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- To physically swirl or rotate.
- To rotate, to move in a circle.
- (transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
- (intransitive) To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- To go to another person's home or a public event.
- (transitive, figurative) To circulate, to move aimlessly.
- To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification).
- To pass around, to circulate.
- (transitive, figurative) To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
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- (loosely) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
- A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator
- (informal) A strong wind.
- (specifically) A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.
- (informal) The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
- a violent rotating windstorm
- (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
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- A spinneret.
- (Australia, prison, slang) A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- (often vulgar, slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- (pinball) 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.
- (politics, slang) A spin doctor.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (cricket) A spin bowler.
- (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- Ellipsis of fidget spinner.
- (surfing) A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.
- A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
- (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
- A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
- board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
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- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- walking with a swaying gait
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- a list of names
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- the act of throwing dice
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (firefighting) A 14-day deployment.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- That which is rolled up.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
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- boil vigorously
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- show certain properties when being rolled
- flatten or spread with a roller
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- begin operating or running
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- shape by rolling
- move by turning over or rotating
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- (ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive, video games) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (programming) To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (computing) To generate a random number.
- (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive, music) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
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- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
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- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
- the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
- A ring-shaped solid object whose surface is a torus.
- (mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
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- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
- commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
- (architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- (botany) The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached.
- A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.
- (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.
- (botany) The thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity.
- (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
- (topology, in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.
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- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
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- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
verb
- (of a rotating body) To reduce its speed of rotation.
- (figurative) To diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.
- (figurative) To decline in resources or capability.
- (computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.
verb
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
noun
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
verb
noun
- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.
noun
- The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
- A twist or fold.
- The state or condition of being convoluted.
- (computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
- (mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
- One 360° turn in a spring or similar helix.
- Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
- the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
- a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
noun
verb
noun
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
- A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
- (historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
- (zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
- (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
- (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
verb
noun
verb
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- fly around
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
noun
- A swirling vortex.
- A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verb
noun
- the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
- (also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- (specifically, Euclidean geometry) A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
- (conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
- (neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a short drive in a car
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
verb
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- prolong or extend
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- work natural fibers into a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- make up a story
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
noun
verb
noun
- the act of rotating rapidly
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a circular segment of a curve
- a jerky pulling movement
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
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adj
verb
noun
- the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
- the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
- (astronomy, uncountable) The slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
- (physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
- Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
- (uncountable) Precedence.
noun
- The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
- A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
- A snail of the genus Vertigo.
- a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
noun
- the act of rotating as if on an axis
- a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
- (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
- (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
- A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
- Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
noun
- the center around which something rotates
- the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- a group of countries in special alliance
- a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
- (anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
- A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
- (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
- (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- (figurative) The centre of attention within a process (e.g. the axis of investigation)
- (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
noun
- a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
- (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
- (piracy) A bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- (informal) Camera.
adv
verb
noun
- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- (baking, chiefly in the plural) A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
- (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
- (American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
- (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- (surfing) The concave part of a breaking wave.
- (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
- (agriculture, phytopathology, uncountable) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
verb
- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- (intransitive) To move in curves.
- (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
- (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
- (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
- (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- play the Scottish game of curling
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- shape one's body into a curl
- form a curl, curve, or kink
noun
noun
noun
- A spinneret.
- (Australia, prison, slang) A mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
- (often vulgar, slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- (slang) A record turntable or CD player.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- (pinball) 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.
- (politics, slang) A spin doctor.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (cricket) A spin bowler.
- (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- Ellipsis of fidget spinner.
- (surfing) A manoeuvre in which the surfer makes a complete 360° turn while riding a surfboard.
- A dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
- (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
- A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
- board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
noun
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- walking with a swaying gait
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- a list of names
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- the act of throwing dice
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (firefighting) A 14-day deployment.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- That which is rolled up.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
verb
- boil vigorously
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- show certain properties when being rolled
- flatten or spread with a roller
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- begin operating or running
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- shape by rolling
- move by turning over or rotating
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- (ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive, video games) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (programming) To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (computing) To generate a random number.
- (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive, music) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
noun
- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
noun
noun
- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
- the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
- A ring-shaped solid object whose surface is a torus.
- (mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
noun
- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
- commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
- (architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- (botany) The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached.
- A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.
- (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.
- (botany) The thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity.
- (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
- (topology, in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.
noun
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
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- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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- To physically swirl or rotate.
- To rotate, to move in a circle.
- (transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
- (intransitive) To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- To go to another person's home or a public event.
- (transitive, figurative) To circulate, to move aimlessly.
- To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification).
- To pass around, to circulate.
- (transitive, figurative) To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
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- (loosely) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
- A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator
- (informal) A strong wind.
- (specifically) A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.
- (informal) The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
- a violent rotating windstorm
- (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
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- (of a rotating body) To reduce its speed of rotation.
- (figurative) To diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.
- (figurative) To decline in resources or capability.
- (computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.
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- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- fly around
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
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- the act of rotating rapidly
- a short drive in a car
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
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- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- prolong or extend
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- work natural fibers into a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- make up a story
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
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- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
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- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
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- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement
- Ellipsis of whirligig beetle.
- Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
- (historical) A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea.
- A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch.