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spincast

spincast 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.

Noun

spincast (plural spincasts)

  1. (attributive, often) 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.

Verb

spincast (third-person singular simple present spincasts, present participle spincasting, simple past and past participle spincast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) spincasted)

  1. To fish with a reel of this kind.

Forms of spincast

Noun
pluralspincasts
Verb
third-person singular presentspincasts
present participlespincasting
past participlespincast
pastspincast
past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimesspincasted
past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimesspincasted

Origin of spincast

From spin + cast.

Questions about spincast

What does spincast mean?
Spincast means 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.
What part of speech is spincast?
Spincast can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spincast?
The plural of spincast is spincasts.

Words near spincast in the dictionary

  1. spinbacks
  2. spinbox
  3. spinboxes
  4. spincaloritronic
  5. spincaloritronics
  6. spincast
  7. spincasted
  8. spincasting
  9. spincasts
  10. spincoat
  11. spincoated

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