Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A backward rotation, as of a golf-ball. It checks the forward motion of the ball.
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Examples
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Life, Freddie began to perceive, was apt to have a nasty back-spin on it.
Jill the Reckless 1928
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He touched briefly upon the manufacture of balls, the principle of imparting pure back-spin; the best seed for
It, and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914
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Undoubtedly he must be going out of his head; he saw that it was necessary to keep walking until the back-spin of that treadmill brought Rosa to him.
Rainbow's End Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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But this time, with a carry of some 160 yards ahead of me, I picked my mid-iron from the bag, took a three-quarter swing, bit a small divot from the turf as I went through, and landed the ball fairly on the green with a back-spin that held it as though I'd had a string tied to it.
Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907
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He picked them clean from the turf, lofting them with that back-spin which causes them to drop almost dead.
John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life Frederick Upham Adams 1890
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Messi's path which not only landed with back-spin like a Woods approach to the green, but also turned ever so slightly as to say: "go on Messi, strike me with your preferred left foot baby" ......
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Murray missed two set points in that game but made no mistake with the third, sealing the success with a back-spin forehand shot that was too good for
icCheshireOnline 2010
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Tendulkar felt Ishant's wrist wasn't fully behind the ball; as a result his fingers were slipping down one side too quickly, and not enough back-spin was being imparted.
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At his worst, Teixeira creates top-spin instead of back-spin, which is why so many of his fly balls this season have had a "humpback" profile as they expired at the warning track.
Latest News 2009
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Not buying what Rove and Luskin are selling, which is a variation on a theme that could be the Bush White House’s slogan: I didn’t do it, but if I did, I forgot I did it, and when I remembered, I realized I did it because I didn’t think it was a crime, and if it was a crime, I/the president secretly decriminalized it with my/his magic wand with the back-spin.
Firedoglake » Murray Waas Says VandeHei Can Take a Victory Lap 2006
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