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

Examples of spinout in a Sentence

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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
Power providers Constellation Energy and Vistra meanwhile saw their respective stock prices drop by more than 12% and about 3% — Constellation's worst day since it was spun out of Exelon in February 2022. Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 The vehicle's tires appear to then spin out, and shortly after, the Charger accelerates several feet forward and appears to run over more pedestrians. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 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 22 Nov. 2024.

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