English

Noun

spinny ‎(plural spinnies)

1. Alternative spelling of spinney
   • Charles Kingsley

     The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies.

Etymology 2

spin +‎ -y

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, and Campbell J. McRobbie, "Adding Value to the Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology", in Pupils Attitudes Towards Technology Annual Conference June 2003, p 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.

Etymology 3

Compare spiny.

Adjective

spinny ‎(comparative more spinny, superlative most spinny)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) thin and long; slim; slender