spinny

Etymology 1

From Latin spīnētum.

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of spinney

Etymology 2

spin + -y

adj

  1. (informal) Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.
    1997, DAN Seemiller, M Holowchak, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies - all 3 versions » The sound at contact should be solid and crisp, not “spinny.”
    It is a spinny thing with wires in it, with the wires wrapped around something (coil) and N and S (unsure what N and S were). 2003, Ian S. Ginns, Stephen J. Norton, Campbell J. McRobbie, “Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology”, in Pupils Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003, pages 115–118
    Then you got a double whammy - your eyes were full of orange and your head was spinny and dizzy. 2006, J Purkis, Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome

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