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American twist

American  

noun

Tennis.
  1. a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.


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Freyda Thomas adapts Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ with an American twist in a winning production at Topanga’s beloved Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

Rather, what is unique, with an American twist, is a problem like this: Homebuilders are struggling to complete homes amid a housing shortage because they must first complete the thing designed to house our cars.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

It’s an American twist on the applause and singing for besieged health care workers in Europe.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2020

They were a fantasy amalgamation of Hawaiian, Asian, and Polynesian influences, with a distinctly American twist: bright, fruity and considered exotic by the movie stars of the '30s and '40s.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2019

First he learned an American twist service and then strengthened his backhand.

From The Art of Lawn Tennis by Tilden, William (Bill) Tatem