slap-back

See also: slapback

English

Adjective

slap-back (comparative more slap-back, superlative most slap-back)

1. (music) when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.

Noun

slap-back (plural slap-backs)

1. (aerial freestyle skiing) a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.

Coordinate terms

• (aerials): punch front

See also

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, hurricane, stretch

Anagrams

• back slap, backslap