backspin

English

Noun

backspin (uncountable)

1. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.

Translations

spin applied to a ball in order to slow it

• Finnish: alakierre (fi)

• Icelandic: baksnúningur m

Verb

backspin (third-person singular simple present backspins, present participle backspinning, simple past and past participle backspun)

1. (transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.

See also

• check spin
• sidespin
• topspin