Usually means: Spin opposite ball's direction of travel.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics History
We found 26 dictionaries that define the word backspin:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. backspin: Merriam-Webster
  2. backspin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backspin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backspin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backspin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Backspin, backspin: Wordnik
  7. backspin: Wiktionary
  8. backspin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. backspin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. backspin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. backspin: Dictionary.com
  12. Backspin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. backspin: Rhymezone
  14. backspin: FreeDictionary.org
  15. backspin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. backspin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. backspin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  18. backspin: Merriam-Webster

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

Sports (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Backspin: Tennis Glossary
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. backspin: Golfer's Dictionary
  5. Backspin: Sports Definitions

(Note: See backspins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
noun:  (music) Synonym of spinback
verb:  (transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
verb:  (music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Adjectives:




Words similar to backspin

Usage examples for backspin

Idioms related to backspin

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing backspin

Words that often appear near backspin

Rhymes of backspin

Invented words related to backspin

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux