Usually means: Spin causing ball to descend.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. underspin: Merriam-Webster
  2. underspin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. underspin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. underspin: Wiktionary
  5. underspin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. underspin: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. underspin: Dictionary.com
  8. underspin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underspin: Encyclopedia

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. underspin: Golfer's Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (underspin)

▸ noun:  (uncountable, sports) Backspin.
▸ noun:  (countable, sports) A shot using backspin.

Similar:
bottomspin, backspin, overspin, forespin, English, screw, spin, off-spin, offspin, backspinner, more...

Opposite:
overspin, overstate, overemphasize, exaggerate, inflate

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Similar:
bottomspin, backspin, overspin, forespin, English, screw, spin, off-spin, offspin, backspinner, more...

Opposite:
overspin, overstate, overemphasize, exaggerate, inflate



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