spin

v

1. revolve, rotate, turn, twirl, whirl, Archaic. trundle; gyrate, reel, circle, circumvolve, circumrotate; wheel, swivel, pivot, pirouette.

2. develop, evolve, unfold; narrate, tell, relate, recount; produce, fabricate, invent, concoct, make up.

3. protract, prolong, prolongate, extend, lengthen, elongate, stretch out, draw out, drag out; continue, perpetuate, sustain, maintain, keep up, keep going, keep alive, dwell on, linger on; expand, enlarge, enlarge upon, amplify; pad, fill out.

n

4. ride, drive, Sunday drive, Inf. joy ride, Inf. whirl, Sl. tool; (all usu. in a motor vehicle) trip, quick trip, run, journey, peregrination, excursion, tour; jaunt, outing, junket.