spinny

noun

Etymology

From Latin spīnētum.

  1. inherited from *(s)penh₁-
  2. inherited from *spinnaną
  3. inherited from spinnan
  4. inherited from spinnen
  5. suffixed as spinny — “spin + y

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of spinney (“small copse or wood”).

    • The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies.
  2. Associated with spinning

    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)."
    • Then you got a double whammy - your eyes were full of orange and your head was spinny and dizzy.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA