Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spin in figure skating in which the skater's upper body is arched backward.
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- noun figure skating A
spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin - noun climbing A
maneuver to scale avertical crack , bypulling with the arms andjamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up on limb at a time. - noun surfing A
surf maneuver where the uprightsurfer leans back against thewave . - noun skateboarding, snowboarding A
trick where the boarder leans back while on thelip of the ramp, or down arail . - noun audio editing The process of recording the final
sound onto the master track.
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Examples
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But her spins were nowhere near as difficult as her jumps, and her layback was the main reason she was third behind Nagasu and Cohen.
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But her spins were nowhere near as difficult as her jumps, and her layback was the main reason she was third behind Nagasu and Cohen.
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And basically I just couldn't make myself step off the footholds onto the layback and do it.
smile your little smile. take some tea with me awhile. matociquala 2008
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The next move I need to make is a power move, a layback where the foothold is at hip height and tricky to balance on, and which will require a good deal of strength, especially since I need to use the momentum to lunge up to the next handhold.
it's interesting when people die matociquala 2008
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If the conventional wisdom reigning supreme for the past couple of years is to be believed, the era of tiny bonuses, timid profits, and layback practices has been irremediably unleashed in financeland with no possibility for a turning back.
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We use aussie slang, spell differently, drawl with our voices, love the great outdoors, are carefree, layback and obliging people.
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Only Karaoke males, and a 16 year old mumbler (if she is any more layback she falls asleep) interesting at first but a bore now.
Final 10 Australian Idol Episode - #1's. Ben Barren 2006
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Basically has to I think at the beginning, at least, just sort of layback and poke holes in the prosecutions case.
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I got to the point where I literally was trying to figure out, OK, I'm going to time this performance so that I can do one layback spin and, you know -- and I don't even do triple jumps, so I'm not talking about really difficult things the way the young kids are today.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's the Best Way to Combat Arthritis? - August 29, 2000 2000
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An aborted entry meant Kim got no credit for her layback spin.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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