spincast

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noun

A kind of fishing reel that is thrown from a fixed spool but eliminates the large wire bail and line roller of the spinning reel in favour of one or two simple pickup pins and a metal cup to wind the line on the spool.

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Meanings

nounspincast (plural spincasts)

plural spincasts

  1. attributiveoftenA kind of fishing reel that is thrown from a fixed spool but eliminates the large wire bail and line roller of the spinning reel in favour of one or two simple pickup pins and a metal cup to wind the line on the spool.
verbspincast (third-person singular simple present spincasts, present participle spincasting, simple past and past participle spincast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) spincasted)

present singular third person spincasts · participle present spincasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes spincasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes spincasted

  1. To fish with a reel of this kind.

Origin

From spin + cast.

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APA

spincast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spincast

MLA

“spincast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spincast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spincast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spincast.

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