Associations to the word «Backspin»

Wiktionary

BACKSPIN, noun. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
BACKSPIN, verb. (transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.

Dictionary definition

BACKSPIN, noun. Spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus