"backspin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbækˌspɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backspin.wav Forms: backspins [plural]
enPR: băkʹ-spĭn' Rhymes: -ækspɪn Etymology: From back + spin. Etymology templates: {{com|en|back|spin}} back + spin Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: underspin Translations (spin applied to a ball in order to slow it): efecte de retrocés [masculine] (Catalan), alakierre (Finnish), baksnúningur [masculine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-backspin-en-noun-K1qKL2SJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 37 5 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 7 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 38 3 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 37 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of 'spin applied to a ball in order to slow it': 100 0
  2. (music) Synonym of spinback Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: spinback [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-backspin-en-noun-r-MZIyx2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 37 5 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 7 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 38 3 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 37 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 34 32 3 31 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbækˌspɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backspin.wav Forms: backspins [present, singular, third-person], backspinning [participle, present], backspun [participle, past], backspun [past]
enPR: băkʹ-spĭn' Rhymes: -ækspɪn Etymology: From back + spin. Etymology templates: {{com|en|back|spin}} back + spin Head templates: {{en-verb|backspins|backspinning|backspun}} 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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-backspin-en-verb-OtD8Yg1i
  2. (music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-backspin-en-verb-~GIStIDO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 37 5 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 7 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 38 3 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 37 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 32 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 34 32 3 31 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: check spin, sidespin, topspin

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.