Usually means: Initial motion away from target.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. backswing: Merriam-Webster
  2. backswing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backswing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backswing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backswing: Wordnik
  6. backswing: Wiktionary
  7. backswing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. backswing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. backswing: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. backswing: Dictionary.com
  11. Backswing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. backswing: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. backswing: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backswing: Urban Dictionary

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Backswing: Tennis Glossary
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. backswing: Golfer's Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb:  To swing backward.

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