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spin someone's wheels

spin someone's wheels noun: to excite someone; to stir someone's emotions.

Noun

spin someone's wheels (third-person singular simple present spins someone's wheels, present participle spinning someone's wheels, simple past and past participle spun someone's wheels)

  1. (idiomatic) To excite someone; to stir someone's emotions.
    • “Didn’t you say that Joe fulfills you? That he ‘spins your wheels’!”2004, J. W. James III, chapter 26, in Don't Tell...: ...grandma, United States of America, page 249
    • So let me repeat, I love rock and roll. Pretty much all of it. But it’s the vintage years, the old time rock and roll, that really spins my wheels. And since I’ve been such a constant listener, I’ve had lots of time to notice some things.2007, Deborah Godin, “Introduction”, in Papa Do Run: A Baby Boomer Looks (and Laughs) at Vintage Rock & Roll, 1st edition, United States, page 8

Forms of spin someone's wheels

third-person singular presentspins someone's wheels
present participlespinning someone's wheels
past participlespun someone's wheels
pastspun someone's wheels

Questions about spin someone's wheels

What does spin someone's wheels mean?
Spin someone's wheels means to excite someone; to stir someone's emotions.
What part of speech is spin someone's wheels?
Spin someone's wheels is a noun.

Words near spin someone's wheels in the dictionary

  1. spin quantum number
  2. spin quantum numbers
  3. spin room
  4. spin rooms
  5. spin round
  6. spin someone's wheels
  7. spin the bottle
  8. spin the trencher
  9. spin trap
  10. spin trapping
  11. spin traps

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