"backspin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbæk.ˌspɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backspin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: backspins [plural]
enPR: băkʹ-spĭn' Rhymes: -ækspɪn Etymology: 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 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 34 5 19 Disambiguation of 'spin applied to a ball in order to slow it': 97 3
  2. (music) Synonym of spinback Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: spinback [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-backspin-en-noun-r-MZIyx2 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæk.ˌspɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backspin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: backspins [present, singular, third-person], backspinning [participle, present], backspun [participle, past], backspun [past]
enPR: băkʹ-spĭn' Rhymes: -ækspɪn Etymology: 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 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: check spin, sidespin, topspin

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for backspin meaning in English (4.6kB)

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