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back⋅spin

[bak-spin]
–noun
reverse rotation of a ball causing it to bounce or roll backward or stop short.
Also called underspin.


Origin:
1905–10; back 2 + spin
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back·spin   (bāk'spĭn')   
n.  A spin that tends to retard, arrest, or reverse the linear motion of an object, especially of a ball.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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