Spinner may refer to:

Technology

  • Spinner (aeronautics), the aerodynamic cone at the hub of an aircraft propeller
  • Spinner (cell culture), laboratory equipment for cultivating plant or mammalian cells
  • Spinner (computing), a graphical widget in a GUI
  • Spinner (MIT Media Lab), software that can automatically edit video to fit a narrative structure

Arts and entertainment

  • Spinner (album), a 1995 album by Brian Eno & Jah Wobble
  • Spinner (Blade Runner), a flying car from the film Blade Runner

People

  • Spinner (surname)
  • Brian Spencer (1949–1988), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Spinner"

Fictional characters

  • Spinner (My Hero Academia), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
  • Spinner Mason, in the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Spinner, in the animated TV series Clutch Cargo
  • Dorothy Spinner, a DC Comics character.
  • Spinner, a villain of Batman from DC Comics

Sports and games

  • Spinner (dominoes), a domino tile that may be played on four ways
  • a spin bowler in cricket
  • a style of delivery in Ten-pin bowling
  • Fidget spinner, a stress relieving toy
  • Teetotum, a form of spinning top most commonly used for gambling games

Other uses

  • a person who spins textiles
  • a person who engages in article spinning
  • Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure
  • Spinner (website), a music website owned by AOL
  • Spinner (wheel), an accessory that goes on an automobile wheel and spins independently
  • Spinner, a locomotive of the former Midland Railway 115 Class in the UK
  • a machine used to do spin coating in manufacturing
  • a wind spinner or whirligig

See also

  • Spinner dolphin, a dolphin species
  • Spinner shark, a shark species
  • Spinor (mathematics)
  • Spinners (disambiguation)
  • Bamboo-copter, a spinner toy