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backswing
[ bak-swing ]
/ ˈbækˌswɪŋ /
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noun Sports.
the movement of a bat, racket, or the like, toward the back of a player in preparation for the forward movement with which the ball is struck.
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Words nearby backswing
backstretch, backstroke, backstroker, backswept, backswimmer, backswing, backsword, backswordman, back talk, back the wrong horse, back to back
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How to use backswing in a sentence
I was just informed that I have been assessed a 2 stroke penalty for unintentionally grazing the sand in my backswing on hole 15.
On the backswing, it thwacked resoundingly against the thug's ribcage.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage....|Gordon Randall Garrett