Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. drunk.

1910		Truth (Perth) 1 Oct. 10/8: Let swells sit down in clubs, and / Go and get amazin’ spun.
1997–2001		Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 spun adj 1. extremely inebriated. (‘I was spun last night.’).

2. defeated, lost for ideas.

1934

Miles Burton To Catch a Thief in Partridge DSUE (1984) 1135/2: We know our way about [...] the underworld [...] But when it’s a case [...] of the overworld, as one might say, then we’re spun .

3. exhilarated, stimulated.

1984

D. Jenkins Life Its Ownself (1985) 186: ‘When it’s live, I’m spun.’ I took that to mean she was enthusiastic about live telecasts.

4. intoxicated by drugs.

1997–2001

Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 spun adj [...] 2. to be under the influence of methamphetamines. (‘That guy was spun!’).

5. confused, stressed; eccentric.

2000		J.J. Connolly Layer Cake 173: The canister’s seriously spun.
2011		J.J. Connolly Viva La Madness 69: I’n left with dead phones in both hands and a severely spun nut.
2019		D. Winslow Border [ebook] ‘How is he?’ ‘Crazy. Totally spun’.

6. (UK Und.) of stolen or illegally gained money, rendered legal, ‘laundered’.

2011

J.J. Connolly Viva La Madness 73: He’s [...] got his funds all spun and spendable, smart lawyers and accountants to keep the heat off.