Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spin that tends to retard, arrest, or reverse the linear motion of an object, especially of a ball.
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- noun
Spin applied to aball in order toslow it, change itsflight , orstop it when it lands. - verb transitive To spin (a ball) with this motion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
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Examples
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McAfee had experimented with the rugby-style punt at which Graham excels, but his attempts to drop the football point down and impart the end-over-end "backspin" that tends to kill the ball on kicks near the goal line had produced mostly shanks.
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You can transition automatically between tracks, optionally adding pre-defined effects such as backspin and echo.
Macworld 2009
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You can transition automatically between tracks, optionally adding pre-defined effects such as backspin and echo.
Macworld 2009
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You can transition automatically between tracks, optionally adding pre-defined effects such as backspin and echo.
Macworld 2009
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Use the quick-play controls to curve around hills, "backspin" on greens and
WMExperts 2008
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Use the quick-play controls to curve around hills, 'backspin' on greens and 'roll' for extra distance on the fairways.
PalmAddicts 2008
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Unfortunately, if the ball has any backspin, that can actually reverse the ball's direction and cause it to retreat off the green.
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The AGA believes that technology could add 25% to the distance of an average golfer's drive and double the amount of backspin on wedge shots hit into greens.
The Radical New Vision of Golf John Paul Newport 2011
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There once was a time in the city when you couldn't do a backspin without hitting a future legend of hip-hop.
...And You Don't Stop John Jurgensen 2011
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Unfortunately, if the ball has any backspin, that can actually reverse the ball's direction and cause it to retreat off the green.
What Is It? Game 112 2009
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