1
: the distribution by a business to its stockholders of particular assets and especially of stock of another company
also
: the new company created by such a distribution
2
: a collateral or derived product or effect : by-product
also
: a number of such products
the spin-off from the space program
3
: something that is imitative or derivative of an earlier work, product, or establishment
especially
: a television show starring a character popular in a secondary role of an earlier show
spun off; spinning off; spins off
: to establish or produce as a spin-off
the company spun off its computer division
spin off a new TV series
: to establish or become a spin-off
Examples of spin-off in a Sentence
Noun
a spin-off of the popular television series
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the film takes a page from the VR spin-off game, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, which sees the player caught inside the mind of one of Until Dawn’s central characters and facing off against various nightmares inspired by his anxieties and fear of death.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The case could force Meta to spin off Instagram and/or WhatsApp — and could upend the social media landscape in the process.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
And in 2014—five years after the premiere of both 16 and Pregnant and its spin-off Teen Mom—the National Bureau of Economic Statistics looked into why the United States had seen a nearly 11% drop in teen pregnancies since 2008.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the film takes a page from the VR spin-off game, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, which sees the player caught inside the mind of one of Until Dawn’s central characters and facing off against various nightmares inspired by his anxieties and fear of death.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
Meta had paid twenty-five million dollars to settle a lawsuit with Trump for suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the aftermath of January 6th; Comcast was trying to spin off MSNBC, which Trump routinely excoriates.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The case could force Meta to spin off Instagram and/or WhatsApp — and could upend the social media landscape in the process.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Spin-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin-off. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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