[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spinner \spin"ner\ spi^n"n~er, n.
   1. one who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a
      spinning machine.
      1913 webster

   2. a spider. "long-legged spinners." --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. a goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise
      it makes when darting through the air.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. a spinneret.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
ring spinner 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

spinner
     n 1: someone who spins who twists fibers into threads syn: 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
see also:
spinster thread maker 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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