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# spinner

noun (a spinner, spinners)

«spinner» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A spinner is a thing that spins, like a game spinner with a pointer that shows a number or colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#m1)
2. In cricket, a spinner is a bowler who makes the ball spin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#m2)
3. A spinner is a person who spins wool or thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#m3)
4. A fidget spinner is a small toy that spins on your finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons spinners are used to learn probability: on a spinner with 4 equal parts, each colour has a 1 in 4 chance. In board games a spinner replaces dice. In sport (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland), cricket spinners bowl slow, turning balls. Phrases: «spin the spinner», «fidget spinner», «leg spinner».

### Examples

- Spin the spinner to see how many spaces to move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x1)
- The spinner landed on red three times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x2)
- On a spinner with 6 equal parts, the chance of blue is 1 in 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x3)
- Australia's spinner took five wickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x4)
- My fidget spinner whirls for a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x5)
- In the old days, spinners made thread from wool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x6)
- ‘Why didn’t you come?’ he asked the pretty spinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/#x7)

### Note

Countable: spinner, spinners; double «n». In probability: the chance of a part = its size ÷ the whole. If the parts are not equal, the bigger part is more likely.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spinner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spinner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spinner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spinner.html) on Mova free.