spinner

spinner
    n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn:
         {spinner}, {spinster}, {thread maker}]
    2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow
       that is spun to determine the next move in the game
    3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
    

Spinner \Spin"ner\ (sp[i^]n"n[~e]r), n.
   1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a
      spinning machine.
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   2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak.
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   3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise
      it makes when darting through the air.
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   4. (Zool.) A spinneret.
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   {Ring spinner}, a machine for spinning, in which the twist,
      given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by
      the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring
      encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "spinner":
      bait, birdlime, bola, cobweb, dragnet, fishhook, fly, gill net,
      ground bait, hook, jenny, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, meshes,
      mule, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, seine, silkworm,
      snare, sniggle, spider, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinster,
      springe, squid, throstle, toils, trawl, wobbler