In Real Tennis, Cricket, Billiards, etc.: Lateral spin imparted to a ball in striking or delivery, causing it to diverge on rebounding; ‘screw’; a…

Sport. A ball or shot that bounces back after striking a hard surface (a backboard, a goalpost, etc.), esp. after an attempt to score.

Forward spin imparted to a ball by the mode of its impulsion or delivery (in billiards, by striking it above the centre; hence in cricket and…

A rotating motion imparted to a ball so that rotation over the top is in the same direction as the ball's trajectory, used either to give the…

North American. In various sports, the spin or ‘work’ imparted to a ball in order to make it vary its course; the type of control which effects this…

Sport. Underspin; also, a stroke or shot which imparts this to the ball.

= sense 20.