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backswing

(-swiŋ′)

noun

Golf, Racket Sports, etc. that part of a player's swing in which the club, racket, etc. is swung backward preparatory to the forward part of the swing

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noun

The initial part of a stroke, in which one moves a racket or club, for instance, to the position from which forward motion begins.

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