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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A long pass in American football or rugby in which the ball is given a brisk spin (about its longitudinal axis) as it is thrown so that it travels in a smooth arc without tumbling or wobbling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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History
from the helical spiral that a point at the circumference of the spinning ball traces as it moves forward
