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Webster 1913 Edition
Spinny
Spin′ny
,Noun.
pl.
Spinnies
(#)
. [OF.
espinaye
,espinoye
, espinei
, espanoi
, F. épinaie
, from L. spinetum
a thicket of thorns, fr. spina
a thorn. See Spine
.] A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.
[Written also
spinney
, and spinny
.] The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir
spinnies
. C. Kingsley.
Definition 2024
spinny
spinny
English
Noun
spinny (plural spinnies)
- Alternative spelling of spinney
- Charles Kingsley
- The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies.
- Charles Kingsley
Etymology 2
Adjective
spinny (comparative spinnier, superlative spinniest)
- (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.
- 1997, DAN Seemiller, M Holowchak, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies - all 3 versions »
Etymology 3
Compare spiny.
Adjective
spinny (comparative more spinny, superlative most spinny)