spinout

1 of 2

noun

spin·​out ˈspin-ˌau̇t 

: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway

spin out

2 of 2

verb

spun out; spinning out; spins out

intransitive verb

: to make a rotational skid in an automobile

Examples of spinout in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Spectators have been injured when the drivers doing donuts and spinouts get too close. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

The Surprising Science Behind the Tooth Loss Drug TRG-035 is a neutralizing antibody developed by Toregem BioPharma, a Kyoto University spinout founded in 2020. — Allison Palmer july 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

Verb

Instead, according to a NASA statement on Tuesday, the rescue spacecraft began spinning out of control and temporarily lost communications. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

The overbearing online explainers and the off-the-cuff fuzz-rockers and the nine-and-counting films and the self-effacing but also self-aggrandizing mockumentary spin out from the same very modern feeling that to be is to respond and react. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1955, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spinout

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout