Teleostomi  +  237626 Mon, 19 Jun 06 09:49 AM http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewShortStory.asp?AuthorID=5466&id=9789 What does "She spun on him" mean? I checked several dictionaries only to find nothing that seems to fit. Teleostomi Joined on Sat, Jun 10 2006 Regular Member 557

	Mike in Japan  +  237685 Mon, 19 Jun 06 12:04 PM Spin is to turn rapidly, so we could guess that she turned quickly to face him. Cheers Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,370 I do like to be beside the seaside

	Marius Hancu  +  237693 Mon, 19 Jun 06 12:15 PM He pushed over the hurt in his voice with a scrape of anger. "She's not coming back, you know." She spun on him. "I don't know that." Then closed her eyes tightly. "It's me. I have to get myself right with God. Then" Perhaps, it's she continued/re-interpreted his "you know" by her own "I don't know that." But Mike's assumption (turn, twist, twirl in his hands) is also quite possible. ------ spin EXTEND, PROLONG, PROTRACT -- usually used with out <possessed the ability to spin a saga out of their escapades -- Benjamin De Casseres> <spins a short-story plot into over 90,000 words of torpid action -- Anthony Boucher> <spins out the small talk of a chance meeting -- Current Biography> b : to evolve, express, or fabricate by processes of mind or imagination <the most persistent risk that has always attended all spinning of yarns -- C.E.Montague> <no more can the imagination spin its fantastic tales of adventure -- W.P.Webb> <spun a ritual full of cryptic references -- C.W.Ferguson> <the theorists spun their theories -- Time> c : to make last : stretch out the duration of : extend in time or space -- used with out <spinning out his glass of port as long as possible -- Elizabeth Goudge> 5 : to cause to turn round rapidly : TWIRL, WHIRL <boys spun their tops on the sidewalks> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com     Home      My Account      Contact Us      Privacy Policy      Site Help      Merriam-Webster Online Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Images