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nip-backer

nip-backer is the alternative form of nipbacker.

Meaning of nipbacker

Noun

nipbacker (plural nipbackers)

  1. (slang) A delivery that pitches outside the line of off stump then deviates off the seam, moving towards the batter.

Forms of nip-backer

pluralnip-backers

Questions about nip-backer

What is nip-backer the alternative form of?
Nip-backer is the alternative form of nipbacker.

Words near nip-backer in the dictionary

  1. nip nops
  2. nip point
  3. nip points
  4. nip slip
  5. nip slips
  6. nip-backer
  7. nip-cheese
  8. nip-cheeses
  9. nip-out
  10. nip-outs
  11. nip-slip

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