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backspun

backspun is the simple past and past participle of backspin.

Meaning of backspin

Verb

backspin (third-person singular simple present backspins, present participle backspinning, simple past and past participle backspun)

  1. (transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
  2. To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.

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Questions about backspun

What is backspun the simple past and past participle of?
Backspun is the simple past and past participle of backspin.

Words near backspun in the dictionary

  1. backsplicing
  2. backsplit
  3. backsplits
  4. backspot flying fish
  5. backspread
  6. backspun
  7. backstab
  8. backstabbed
  9. backstabbee
  10. backstabbees
  11. backstabber

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backspun (page history and authors); backspin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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