spinner

Etymology

From Middle English spynnere; equivalent to spin + -er.

noun

1. Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.
2. A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
3. A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
   I got a four on the spinner and moved my counter forward four spaces on the board.
4. (Australia, New Zealand) The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
5. (slang, film) Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
   Now, Cher was a spinner. Spinner is slang for a petite “chez chez la femme” who loved to assume the dominate sexual position on top. In other words, one could take a spinner and turn her around rapidly thus creating a circular motion and a geometrically induced orgasm. 2007, Hank Miller, The Admiral's Son, Lulu.com, page 293
   For example, some johns used the term spinner to refer a petite female. This was exemplified by an exchange in the Dayton forum where individuals discussed the meaning of the term spinner: Purplehead: I picked up what looked to be a young thin WSW just south of McDs … She looked really good, about 100 lbs, and very cute, dark hair … a definite spinner.. 2009, K.R. Blevins, T.J. Holt, “Examining the virtual subculture of johns”, in Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, volume 38, number 5, Sage Publications
   He hadn't dated any Asian girls at Princeton, even though there were tons of them. They tended to be petite, and he wasn't into little girls, "spinners," as Andy called them. 2012, Amy Sohn, Motherland, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 112
   The girl peeking up at him under strawberry[-]blond curls was what men commonly referred to as a “spinner.” Petite, passionate, and pliable...one you could switch into a different sexual position without removing yourself from her heat. […] "I'm going to fuck my little spinner now. She's had it too easy so far." 2014, Tessa Bailey, Staking His Claim, Fort Collins, CO: Entangled Publishing
   […] petite women, whom he called 'spinners,' because, in comparison to 'heifers,' they are far more manageable.” 2016, LR Penn, The Syzygy, Lulu.com, pages 204–205
6. (computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
   Select the number of copies you would like to print using the Number of copies spinner. 1997, Lynn Marie Bacon, Getting started with Microsoft PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95, page 51
7. (cricket) A spin bowler.
8. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
9. An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
10. The Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
11. The dolphin Stenella longirostris.
12. A spinneret.
13. (archaic) A spider.
    Should she kill this magnetic spider, and so end its baleful influence? Incentively the trees hissed 'Yes, yes.' Motioning for them to be silent, she steadily watched the insidious spinner, now as if divining her purpose, merely an indrawn inert black speck but acutely watching her. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 289
14. (Jamaica) A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
15. (politics, slang) A spin doctor.
    He's been telling his army of spinners, and DC and Boy George too, that Radio 4 is for the chattering classes, and only people like Cameron and Miliband tune in to watch Paxo on Newsnight last thing at night. 2011, Larry the Cat, The Larry Diaries: Downing Street - The First 100 Days, page 15
16. Short for fidget spinner.
17. (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.
18. (slang) A record turntable or CD player.