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spinner

1. Informal a spin doctor

2. Cricket

a. a ball that is bowled with a spinning motion

b. a bowler who specializes in bowling such balls

3. a streamlined fairing that fits over and revolves with the hub of an aircraft propeller

4. a fishing lure with a fin or wing that revolves when drawn through the water

5. an angler's name for the mature adult form (imago) of various flies, especially the mayflies

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spinner [′spin·ər]

(engineering)

Automatically rotatable radar antenna, together with directly associated equipment.

Part of a mechanical scanner which rotates about an axis, generally restricted to cases where the speed of rotation is relatively high.