backspin
(noun) spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backspin (countable and uncountable, plural backspins)
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
(music) synonym of spinback
backspin (third-person singular simple present backspins, present participle backspinning, simple past and past participle backspun)
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
• pinbacks, spinback
Source: Wiktionary
15 January 2025
(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
