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layback

noun

Etymology

From lay + back (presumably from confusion between lay and lie).

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as layback — “lay + back”

Definitions

  1. A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched…

    A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.

    • Mirai Nagasu, like Zhang a promising 14-year-old, showed equally astonishing flexibility on a layback spin Wednesday, leaning so far that the back of her head nearly touched her backside.

  2. A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs…

    A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up one limb at a time.

  3. A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.

    2. The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.

    3. A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.

      • Only a fine interception from Mickael Silvestre denied the marauding Czech international an early chance from Tomasz Radzinski's layback and, as United struggled to find any momentum, their hosts threatened to overwhelm them.

    4. A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump

    5. To climb using layback maneuvers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA