backspin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: băkʹ-spĭn', IPA(key): /ˈbæk.ˌspɪn/
- (UK) [ˈbæk.ˌspɪn]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (UK) [ˈbæk.ˌspɪn]
- Rhymes: -ækspɪn
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.