单词 | screw back |
释义 | screw backn. Billiards and Snooker. Spin imparted to the cue ball by a player in striking it with the cue below the centre, causing it to move backwards after hitting the object ball. Also: a shot played using this spin.Recorded earliest in screw-back cannon n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > motion of ball kiss1836 spread1838 screw back1869 retrograde1896 topside1904 1869 J. Roberts & H. Buck Roberts on Billiards 271 The champion again contributed 28, including one of the finest screw-back cannons ever seen. 1870 Standard 29 Nov. 3/6 Here 20, in which were two beautiful screw backs, brought Bennett to 897. 1884 W. Cook Billiards 12 Screw, a rotary motion of the ball on a horizontal axis...Screw Back, the same rotary motion causing the ball to run backwards after striking another ball. 1896 W. Broadfoot in W. Broadfoot et al. Billiards (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) vi. 198 The more full ball 1 is played on ball 2,..the greater will be the recoil and screw-back. 1925 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 5 Dec. No follow through or anything of that sort, all check just like a screw back at billiards. 1993 M. I. Shamos Illustr. Encycl. Billiards 83/1 Draw, spin imparted to the cue ball to cause it to come back after striking an object ball...Also called..screw, screw-back, or twist. 2005 Times of India 23 Jan. 18/4 He came up with a terrific screw-back on a long red pot. Compounds screw-back cannon n. a cannon (cannon n.1 11a) in which the player puts spin on the cue ball by striking it below the centre, causing it to move backwards after hitting the object ball; cf. screw cannon n. at screw v. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1869 J. Roberts & H. Buck Roberts on Billiards 271 The champion again contributed 28, including one of the finest screw-back cannons ever seen. 1939 Times 4 May 6/7 At 565 he failed at a screw-back cannon. 2005 Times of India 23 Jan. 18/5 He then botched the attempted recovery screw-back cannon off the red. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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