backspin

English

Etymology

From back +‎ spin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: băkʹ-spĭn', IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌspɪn/
  • (UK) [ˈbækˌspɪn]

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• Rhymes: -ækspɪn

Noun

backspin (countable and uncountable, plural backspins)

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

   Synonym: underspin

2. (music) Synonym of spinback.

Translations

spin applied to a ball in order to slow it

Catalan: efecte de retrocés (ca) m 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.
2. (music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.

See also

• check spin
• sidespin
• topspin

Anagrams

• pinbacks, pins back, spinback