Charleston vs spin

Charleston

noun
  • A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. 

name
  • A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers. 

  • A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina. 

  • A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler. 

  • An area of Dundee, Scotland. 

  • A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. 

  • A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster. 

  • A city in Tennessee. 

  • A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler. 

  • The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England. 

  • A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. 

  • A town in South Australia. 

  • A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County. 

  • A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 

  • A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation. 

  • A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville). 

spin

noun
  • A single play of a record by a radio station. 

  • The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class. 

  • Special interest of an autistic person. 

  • Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces. 

  • Rapid circular motion. 

  • A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure. 

  • A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles. 

  • A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments. 

  • A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. 

  • A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. 

  • A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion. 

  • An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal. 

verb
  • To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class. 

  • To search rapidly. 

  • To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet. 

  • To move sideways when bouncing. 

  • To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. 

  • To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey. 

  • To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true. 

  • To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence. 

  • To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar 

  • To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode). 

  • To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance. 

  • To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode). 

  • To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch. 

  • To move swiftly. 

  • To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. 

  • To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. 

  • To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. 

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