Swazz

//swæz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    curl or spin added when striking a ball hard informal, uncountable

    "The Croatian controls on his chest before hitting a left-footed volley which swerves and moves in the air but ultimately drifts wide of the far post. "It didn't have quite enough swazz on it," says Wilkins. I believe that's a technical term."

Verb
  1. 1
    to play [the ball] with swazz informal

    "Kvitova sends her wide on the second serve to save the first and then coolly swazzes a forehand down the line."

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Example

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"The Croatian controls on his chest before hitting a left-footed volley which swerves and moves in the air but ultimately drifts wide of the far post. "It didn't have quite enough swazz on it," says Wilkins. I believe that's a technical term."

Etymology

Compare phonestheme sw- in e.g. sway, sweep, swerve, swoop.

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