Spinner may refer to:

Technology

* Spinner (aeronautics), the aerodynamic cone at the hub of an aircraft propeller *

Spinner (cell culture) A Spinner is a type of bioreactor which features an impeller, stirrer or similar device to agitate the contents (usually a mixture of cells, medium and products like proteins that can be harvested). The vessels are usually made out of glass or ...

, laboratory equipment for cultivating plant or mammalian cells *

Spinner (computing) A spinner or numeric updown is a graphical control element with which a user may adjust a value in an adjoining text box by either clicking on an up or down arrow, by pressing an arrow key down or moving mouse wheel, causing the value in the tex ...

, a graphical widget in a GUI *

Spinner (MIT Media Lab) The MIT Media Lab is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, growing out of MIT's Architecture Machine Group in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, School of Architecture. Its research does not restrict to fi ...

, software that can automatically edit video to fit a narrative structure

Arts and entertainment

* ''Spinner'' (album), a 1995 album by Brian Eno & Jah Wobble *

Spinner (Blade Runner) Spinner is the generic term for the fictional flying cars used in the film ''Blade Runner''. A Spinner can be driven as a ground-based vehicle, take off vertically, hover, and cruise using jet propulsion much like the Vertical Take-Off and Landin ...

, a flying car from the film ''Blade Runner''

People

Spinner (surname) Spinner is the surname of: * Bryson Spinner (born 1980), American football quarterback * Francis E. Spinner (1802–1890), U.S. Representative from New York * Jackie Spinner (born 1970), American journalist * Leopold Spinner (1906–1980), ...

* Brian Spencer (1949–1988), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Spinner"

Fictional characters

* Spinner (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' *Spinner Mason, in the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' *Spinner, in the animated TV series '' Clutch Cargo'' *

Dorothy Spinner Dorothy Spinner is a fictional character created by Paul Kupperberg, appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was a former member of the Doom Patrol with the ability to bring imaginary beings to life. She first appeared in ''D ...

, a DC Comics character. *Spinner, a villain of

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

from

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

Sports and games

Spinner (dominoes) The following is a glossary of terms used in dominoes. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous regional or local slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific, i.e. specific to one particular version of dominoes, but a ...

, a domino tile that may be played on four ways *a spin bowler in cricket *a style of delivery in

Ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll ...

* Fidget spinner, a stress relieving toy * Teetotum, a form of spinning top most commonly used for gambling games

Other uses

*a person who spins textiles *a person who engages in article spinning * Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure * Spinner (website), a music website owned by AOL *

Spinner (wheel) The spinner on automobile wheels historically refers to knock-off hub nuts or center caps. They may be the actual, or intended to simulate, the design used on antique vehicles or vintage sports cars. A "spinner wheel" in contemporary usage is a ty ...

, an accessory that goes on an automobile wheel and spins independently *Spinner, a locomotive of the former

Midland Railway 115 Class The Midland Railway 115 Class was the third of four classes of 4-2-2 steam locomotive, nicknamed "Spinners", designed by Samuel Waite Johnson. A total of 15 of the class were built between 1896 and 1899. They were capable of reaching speeds of ...