"slap-back" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more slap-back [comparative], most slap-back [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} slap-back (comparative more slap-back, superlative most slap-back)
  1. (music) when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-slap-back-en-adj-IJQK1zC8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Noun

Forms: slap-backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slap-back (plural slap-backs)
  1. (aerial freestyle skiing) a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them. Categories (topical): Skiing Related terms (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, hurricane, stretch Coordinate_terms (aerials): punch front
    Sense id: en-slap-back-en-noun-~OHcJhRj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: aerial-freestyle, hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports

Inflected forms

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