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swazz

/swæz/

swazz noun: curl or spin added when striking a ball hard.

Noun

swazz (uncountable)

  1. (informal) curl or spin added when striking a ball hard
    • The Croatian controls on his chest before hitting a left-footed volley which swerves and moves in the air but ultimately drifts wide of the far post. "It didn't have quite enough swazz on it," says Wilkins. I believe that's a technical term.2011 October 30, Evan Fanning, “Tottenham Hotspur v QPR - as it happened”, in The Guardian
    • [W]e considered Essien’s strike against Arsenal to be the best of a ridiculously good bunch. Firstly, consider the context. [...] Then, the finish itself. Hit with genuine venom and an outside-of-the-boot swazz that would make Roberto Carlos blush.2022 December 24, Michael Lee, “Reassessing the December 2006 GOTM contenders from great to best”, in Planet Football

Verb

swazz (third-person singular simple present swazzes, present participle swazzing, simple past and past participle swazzed)

  1. (informal) to play [the ball] with swazz
    • Kvitova sends her wide on the second serve to save the first and then coolly swazzes a forehand down the line.2019 January 26, Tom Dutton, “Osaka 7-6 5-7 4-3 Kvitova”, in The Evening Standard, London

Forms of swazz

Noun
alternative formswaz
Verb
third-person singular presentswazzes
present participleswazzing
past participleswazzed
pastswazzed

Origin of swazz

Compare phonestheme sw- in e.g. sway, sweep, swerve, swoop.

Words formed from swazz

  • swazzy

Words that rhyme with swazz

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about swazz

What does swazz mean?
Swazz means curl or spin added when striking a ball hard.
What part of speech is swazz?
Swazz can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce swazz?
Swazz is pronounced /swæz/.

Words near swazz in the dictionary

  1. Swaziland
  2. Swazilander
  3. Swazilanders
  4. Swaziness
  5. Swazis
  6. swazz
  7. swazzle
  8. swazzled
  9. swazzles
  10. swazzling
  11. SWB

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