Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

backspin


back·spin

noun \-ˌspin\

Definition of BACKSPIN

: a backward rotary motion of a ball

Examples of BACKSPIN

  1. put backspin on the ball

First Known Use of BACKSPIN

circa 1909

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: backsplash
Previous Word in the Dictionary: backspang
All Words Near: backspin

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up backspin? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).