Backspin

Also back spin, back-spin.^[1] Same clause draw. Contrast topspin.

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• B
• Back
• Back cut
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• Backspin
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• Big ball
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• Bottom cushion
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• Break down ones cue
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• D
• "D", the
• Dart stroke
• Dead
• Dead ball shot
• Dead rail
• Dead stroke
• Deadweight
• Deflection
• Deliberate foul
• Develop
• Diamond
• Diamond system
• Dish
• Dog
• Dots
• Double
• Double century
• Double cheeseburger, the
• Double-elimination
• Double hit
• Double kiss
• Double shimmed
• Double the rail
• Doubles
• Down-trou
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• Draw
• Draw shot
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• E
• 8 ball
• End rail
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• Extension
• F
• Fat
• Fault
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• Ferrule
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• Flagrant foul
• Flat-back pack
• Fluke
• Follow
• Follow shot
• Follow-through
• Foot
• Foot cushion
• Foot rail
• Foot spot
• Foot string
• Forced shot
• Force follow
• Foul
• Possible foul situations (nonexclusive)
• Frame
• Frame ball
• Free ball
• Free stroking
• Freeze up
• Frozen
• Full
• Fundamentals
• G
• Game
• Game ball
• Games on the wire
• Gapper
• Gather shot
• Gentlemens call
• Ghost ball
• Go off
• Golden break
• Goose neck
• Green
• Green ball
• Green pocket
• Grip
• Group
• Gully table
• H
• Half-ball hit
• Half-century
• Hand chalk
• Handicapping
• Hanger
• Hanging in the pocket
• Have the nuts
• Having the cue ball on a string
• Head
• Head cushion
• Head rail
• Head spot
• Head string
• Heads up
• Heart
• High
• Hill
• Hill-hill
• Hook
• Hook rest
• House cue
• House man
• House rack
• House rules
• Hug the rail
• Hustle
• I
• In-hand
• Inning
• In-off
• Inside english
• In stroke
• Insurance ball
• In turn
• Irish linen
• J
• Jack up
• Jail
• Jam up
• Jawed ball
• Jaws
• Jenny
• Jigger
• Joint
• Joint protectors
• Jump cue
• Jump shot
• K
• Key ball
• Key shot
• Kick
• Kick shot
• Kill shot
• Kiss
• Kiss shot
• Kitchen
• Knuckle
• L
• Lag
• Ladies aid
• Last-pocket
• Leave
• Left
• Lemonade stroke
• Let out
• Little
• Lock
• Lock artist
• Lock up
• Long bank
• Long double
• Long rail
• Long string
• Look back
• Losing hazard
• Low
• M
• Mark
• Massé
• Match
• Match ball
• Maximum break
• Mechanical bridge
• Middle pocket
• Middle spot
• Miscue
• Miss
• Missable
• Money ball
• Money table
• Mushroom
• N
• Nap
• Natural
• 9 ball
• Nip draw
• Nit
• Nurse
• O
• Object ball
• On a string
• On the hill
• On the lemonade
• On the snap
• Open break
• Open bridge
• Open table
• Orange crush, the
• Out
• Outside English
• Overcut
• Overs
• P
• Pack
• Package
• Pantsed
• Paper cut
• Parkers box
• Parking the cue ball
• Pea
• Pin
• Pink ball
• Pill
• Piqué
• Plant
• Pocket
• Pocket speed
• Point
• Pool shark
• Position
• Position play
• Pot
• Pot and tuck
• Potter
• Potting angle
• Professional foul
• Professional side of the pocket
• Push
• Push out
• Push shot
• Q
• Quadruple century
• Quintuple century
• R
• Race
• Rack (noun)
• Rack (verb)
• Rail
• Rake
• Rat in
• Red ball
• Referee
• Re-rack
• Re-spot
• Re-spotted black
• Rest
• Reverse english
• Right
• Ring game
• Road map
• Road player
• Rob
• Roll
• Roll-up
• Rotation
• Round
• Round robin
• Round the angles
• Rubber match
• Ruckus
• Run
• Run out
• Run the table
• Running english
• S
• Safe
• Safety
• Safety break
• Sandbag
• Scotch doubles
• Scratch
• Screw
• Seeding
• Sell out
• Sell the farm
• Semi-massé
• Session
• Session to spare
• Set
• Seven-balled
• Sewer
• Shaft
• Shape
• Shark
• Sharp
• Short rack
• Short rail
• Shortstop
• Shot
• Shot for nothing
• Side
• Side pocket
• Side rail
• Sidespin
• Single-elimination
• Sink
• Sitter
• Skid
• Skittle
• Skunk
• Slate
• Slide
• Slip stroke
• Slop
• Slop pockets
• Small
• Smash-through
• Snap
• Sneaky pete
• Snick
• Snooker
• Snookers required
• Solids
• Speed
• Speed control
• Spider
• Split
• Spot (noun)
• Spot (verb)
• Spot shot
• Squeeze shot
• Squirt
• Stake
• Stall
• Stance
• Stay shot
• Steering
• Stick
• Stop shot
• Straight eight
• Straight up
• String
• Stripes
• Stroke
• Stroke, catch a
• Stroke, to be in
• Stun run-through
• Stun shot
• Sucker shot
• Suit
• Surgeon
• Swan
• Sweaters
• Swerve
• Swerve shot
• T
• Table cloth
• Table scratch
• Tangent line
• Taper
• Thin
• Three-foul rule
• Throw
• Tickie
• Tied up
• Tight
• Time shot
• Timing
• Tip
• Tittie
• Tittie-hooked
• Top
• Top cushion
• Top rail
• Topspin
• Total clearance
• Total snooker
• Touching ball
• Treble
• Treble century
• Training template
• Triangle
• Trick shot
• Triple
• Triple century
• Turn
• Two-cushion double
• Two-shot carry
• Two shots
• Two visits
• Two-way shot
• U
• Umbrella shot
• Undercut
• Unders
• Unintentional english
• V
• Velcro
• Visit
• W
• Warrior
• Way
• Weight
• White ball
• Whitewash
• Whitey
• Wild
• Wing ball
• Wing shot
• Wipe its feet
• Wired
• Wire, the
• Wood
• Wrap
• Y
• Yellow ball
• Yellow pocket