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top-spinner

top-spinner noun: a type of ball, bowled by a leg spin bowler, that spins forward and, when bouncing off the pitch, bounces higher than expected and slows down.

Noun

top-spinner (plural top-spinners)

  1. a type of ball, bowled by a leg spin bowler, that spins forward and, when bouncing off the pitch, bounces higher than expected and slows down

Forms of top-spinner

pluraltop-spinners

Questions about top-spinner

What does top-spinner mean?
Top-spinner means a type of ball, bowled by a leg spin bowler, that spins forward and, when bouncing off the pitch, bounces higher than expected and slows down.
What part of speech is top-spinner?
Top-spinner is a noun.
What is the plural of top-spinner?
The plural of top-spinner is top-spinners.

Words near top-spinner in the dictionary

  1. top-secret
  2. top-selling
  3. top-shaped
  4. top-shelf
  5. top-slicing
  6. top-spinner
  7. top-spinners
  8. top-tick
  9. top-ticked
  10. top-ticking
  11. top-ticks

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