top-spinnern.

Brit.

/ˈtɒpˌspɪnə/, U.S.

/ˈtɑpˌspɪnər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top adj., spinner n.

Etymology: < top adj. + spinner n., after topspin n.

1. Cricket. A delivery bowled by a spin bowler, which goes straight on after pitching, typically with greater pace or bounce than other deliveries. Cf. overspinner n.Typically used by a bowler as an alternative to or variation on their regular or usual delivery.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1920 Times 30 June 8/3 Mr. Marriott is extraordinarily accurate with his slow..leg breaks, and bowls an uncommonly good top spinner.

1962 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Mar. 14/2 Kanhai refused to be held too long and after being completely beaten by a Borde top-spinner, swept the next for four.

2008 Hobat Mercury (Nexis) 14 Nov. 56 You get a lot of bounce in the wickets which is a key weapon for me, especially bowling a lot of top spinners.

2. In racket sports, esp. tennis: a shot played with top spin imparted on the ball; (later more commonly) a player who typically plays shots with top spin.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke

fault1599

back-hand1657

serving1688

let1819

return1832

ace1840

error1877

rally1879

knock-up1884

drop1900

kill1903

soft kill1910

angle shot1911

retrieve1913

length1924

put-away1932

1931 Times 8th June 6/2 Nuthall, who served hard instead of the top-spinners on which he had gone up to the net in the Doubles.

1980 Sunday Times 1 June 30/7 On the vast red centre court, Vilas was in his natural element as a..top-spinner.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 June c17/4 The men's draw will make do with its clever clay-court topspinners, nothing unusual for the second week here.

2020 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Sport section) Murray is more alert the next time around and he steers a top-spinner down the tramlines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	top-spinner
释义	top-spinnern. Brit. /ˈtɒpˌspɪnə/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌspɪnər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top adj., spinner n. Etymology: < top adj. + spinner n., after topspin n. 1. Cricket. A delivery bowled by a spin bowler, which goes straight on after pitching, typically with greater pace or bounce than other deliveries. Cf. overspinner n.Typically used by a bowler as an alternative to or variation on their regular or usual delivery. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1920 Times 30 June 8/3 Mr. Marriott is extraordinarily accurate with his slow..leg breaks, and bowls an uncommonly good top spinner. 1962 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Mar. 14/2 Kanhai refused to be held too long and after being completely beaten by a Borde top-spinner, swept the next for four. 2008 Hobat Mercury (Nexis) 14 Nov. 56 You get a lot of bounce in the wickets which is a key weapon for me, especially bowling a lot of top spinners. 2. In racket sports, esp. tennis: a shot played with top spin imparted on the ball; (later more commonly) a player who typically plays shots with top spin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke fault1599 back-hand1657 serving1688 let1819 return1832 ace1840 error1877 rally1879 knock-up1884 drop1900 kill1903 soft kill1910 angle shot1911 retrieve1913 length1924 put-away1932 1931 Times 8th June 6/2 Nuthall, who served hard instead of the top-spinners on which he had gone up to the net in the Doubles. 1980 Sunday Times 1 June 30/7 On the vast red centre court, Vilas was in his natural element as a..top-spinner. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 June c17/4 The men's draw will make do with its clever clay-court topspinners, nothing unusual for the second week here. 2020 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Sport section) Murray is more alert the next time around and he steers a top-spinner down the tramlines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). > as lemmas top-spinner top-spinner n. extracted from topn.² < n.1920 as lemmas
随便看	knock it back knock it off! knock off kit-drill kit-fox kit-haddock kit-inspection kit-kat kit-off kit-trade kitab kitar kitbag kitbags kitbash kitbasher kitbashing kitcar kitcat kitcatroll kitchen kitchen appliance kitchen artist kitchen bitch kitchen boy

top-spinnern.

> as lemmas