backspin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
backspin (countable and uncountable, plural backspins)
- Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
- (music) Synonym of spinback
Translations[edit]
spin applied to a ball in order to slow it
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Verb[edit]
backspin (third-person singular simple present backspins, present participle backspinning, simple past and past participle backspun)
- (transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
- (music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.