backspin
Meanings
noun
- Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
- Synonym of spinback.
verb
- To spin (a ball) with this motion.
- To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
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Etymology
From back + spin.
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