Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nip
npsi
pins
pins
noun
plural of pin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pin
snip
snip
noun
(dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
(definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
(informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
(informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
(obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
(obsolete, slang) A tailor.
(onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
A piece cut out by snipping.
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
A small amount of something; a pinch.
A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
verb
(Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
(informal) To circumcise.
To break off; to snatch away.
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
spin
spin
noun
(UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
(aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
(countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
(dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
(informal, used among autistic people) Special interest of an autistic person.
(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.
(nautical) Short for spinnaker.
(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
(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.
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
A single play of a record by a radio station.
Rapid circular motion.
verb
(UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
(aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
(aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
(computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
(transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
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 move swiftly.
To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
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 stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
