spinout

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noun

spin·​out ˈspin-ˌau̇t How to pronounce spinout (audio)
: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway

spin out

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verb

spun out; spinning out; spins out

intransitive verb

: to make a rotational skid in an automobile

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Noun
Flashback: Since the spinout from National Data Corp., Global Payments has regularly inked large deals. Lucinda Shen, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024 Eco Material Technologies, a company previously featured in this column, was formed when the MIT spinout Green Cement merged with the ash mining firm Boral Resources in a 2022 deal worth $755 million. Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Verb
The company spun out of cofounder Yupeng Chen’s research into what are called Janus base nanomaterials (JBNs). Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Now, a startup spun out of UC Berkeley and the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory hopes to change that. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spinout 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1955, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spinout was in 1951

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“Spinout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinout. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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