sidespinnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsaɪd.spɪn/us/ˈsaɪd.spɪn/a movement given to a ball to make it turn quickly and repeatedly in the air:
The batter couldn't handle the sidespin on the ball.
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- centripetal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- twirly
- wheel
- wheel round
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