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slap-backs

slap-backs is the plural of slap-back.

Meaning of slap-back

Noun

slap-back (plural slap-backs)

  1. a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.

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Questions about slap-backs

What is slap-backs the plural of?
Slap-backs is the plural of slap-back.

Words near slap-backs in the dictionary

  1. slap someone five
  2. slap someone's wrist
  3. slap the salami
  4. slap together
  5. slap-back
  6. slap-backs
  7. slap-bang
  8. slap-bang shop
  9. slap-bang shops
  10. slap-down
  11. slap-downs

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