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backspin

The correct spelling is backspin.

How to pronounce backspin

noun

Say it like: Bak-spi-n

The correct spelling is backspin. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
  2. 2.A disc jockey's technique of suddenly playing a section of a record in reverse.

verb

  1. 1.To spin (a ball) with this motion.
  2. 2.To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.

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