sidespin

sidespin
/suyd"spin'/, n.
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
[1925-30; SIDE1 + SPIN]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • sidespin — (izg. sȃjdspīn) m DEFINICIJA sport napadački udarac u stolnom tenisu u kojem loptica dobiva rotaciju prema naprijed (spin) i u stranu (lijevi i desni sidespin) ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • sidespin — noun Rotation around a vertical axis that makes a ball or other object curve in flight When a right handed golfer hits a ball with a clockwise sidespin (when viewed from the top), it is called a fade or if extreme a slice and the flight of the… …   Wiktionary

  • sidespin — noun Date: 1926 a rotary motion that causes a ball to revolve horizontally …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sidespin — dep (tenis de mesa) Topspin con efecto lateral. Voz que se escribe entrecomillada o en cursiva …   Diccionario español de neologismos

  • sidespin — side•spin [[t]ˈsaɪdˌspɪn[/t]] n. a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

  • sidespin — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: side (I) + spin : a rotary motion that causes a ball to revolve horizontally …   Useful english dictionary

  • Table tennis — Ping Pong redirects here. For other uses, see Ping Pong (disambiguation). Table tennis Table tennis at the highest level Highest governing body ITTF Nickname(s) Ping pong …   Wikipedia

  • Serve (tennis) — A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to start a point. The serve is usually initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without …   Wikipedia

  • Cue sports techniques — Illustration from Michael Phelan s 1859 book, The Game of Billiards Cue sports techniques (usually more specific, e.g., billiards techniques, snooker techniques) are an immensely important aspect of game play in the various cue sports such as… …   Wikipedia

  • Cue stick — A pool cue and its major parts.[1]:71–72[2] A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically pool cue, snooker cue, or billiards cue), is an item of …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”