different between spinning vs throstle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?n??/

Adjective

spinning (not comparable)

1. Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.

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Noun

spinning (countable and uncountable, plural spinnings)

1. The motion of something that spins.
   • 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)

     these uncontrollable spinnings of the head

2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
3. Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

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Verb

spinning

1. present participle of spin

Derived terms

Anagrams

• pinnings

Spanish

Etymology

From English spinning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?pinin/, [es?pi.n?n]

Noun

spinning m (uncountable)

1. spinning (indoor cycling)

English

Alternative forms

• throstell (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-Germanic *þrustl?, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz. Cognate with German Drossel, Old Saxon throsla, Old High German droscala.

The spinning machine is named for the songbird, from the sound made when it is working.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Noun

throstle (plural throstles)

1. (dialectal or archaic) A song thrush.
2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.

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