spin cycle
Laundry water extraction
Spin cycle is the stage of a washing machine's operation when the drum rotates rapidly to extract water from clothes through centrifugal force: The spin cycle is so loud I can hear it upstairs.
Figuratively, spin cycle describes being caught in repetitive, disorienting circumstances—often media coverage or political messaging that recycles the same talking points: The news has been stuck on the same spin cycle for weeks.
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- front loaderBucket-equipped earthmoving vehicle
- top loaderWasher accessed from above
- detergentChemical cleaning agent
- laundryItems needing cleaning
centrifugal force · high speed · washer · media frenzy · clothes · torque · momentum · political rhetoric · kinetic energy · public relations · agitation · stain remover · fabric softener · damp · inertia · whirl · tumble · media
- laundrywashing machine, wash, dryer, clothes dryer, fold
- laundry caremachine wash, hand wash, permanent press, tumble dry, air dry
- cyclescircle of life, cycles, period, rhythms, oscillations
- laundromatwasher, washers, dryer, dryers, washing machines
- washingwashing, rinsing, scrubbing, soaking, lathering
- appliance controlspower button, off switch, dial, knob, timer
spin cycleunvarnished truth
Reality stated without softening
transparency · plain facts · truth-telling · full disclosure · investigative journalism
spin, cycle, bicycle, spinning, recycle, tricycle, cycling, recycling, spinner