spinner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
    thread maker; spinster.
  2. noun board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
  3. noun fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water

WordNet


Spin"ner noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
  2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak.
  3. (Zoöl.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
  4. (Zoöl.) A spinneret.

Webster 1913