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nounspin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motiontype of:
Definition that contains backspin
- chop a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
- pitch hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- slice hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- undercut strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
- chop shot a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball