spinny

English

Etymology 1

From Latin spīnētum.

Noun

spinny (plural spinnies)

1. Alternative spelling of spinney
   • 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:

     The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies.

Etymology 2

From spin +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spinny (comparative spinnier, superlative spinniest)

1. (informal) 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.”

   • 2003, Ian S. Ginns, Stephen J. Norton, Campbell J. McRobbie, “Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology”, in Pupils ^[sic] Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003, pages 115–118:

     “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)."

   • 2006, J Purkis, Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome:

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