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spinny

Pronunciation: /ˈspɪ.ni/

The English word “spinny” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.

noun

  1. Synonym of hard drive.

Etymology

From spin + -y. Noun sense 1 (“hard drive”) is an allusion to disk platters spinning inside a hard drive while powered on.

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