Meanings
verbspin-dry (third-person singular simple present spin-dries, present participle spin-drying, simple past and past participle spin-dried)
present singular third person spin-dries · participle present spin-drying · participle past spin-dried · past spin-dried
- transitiveTo dry in a spin dryer.
Origin
From spin + dry. First use appears c. 1927 in the Saturday Evening Post.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
spin-dry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spin-dry
MLA
“spin-dry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spin-dry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spin-dry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spin-dry.
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