downspin

[ doun-spin ]

noun

1. spin ( def 19 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of downspin¹

down ¹ + spin

Example Sentences

The numbers, so small now in retrospect, seemed so deeply troubling at the time that they sent the stock market into a downspin in which the S&P index dropped 5%.

From Los Angeles Times

“A lot of young pitchers don’t learn to pitch with true spin. Her ball spins out of her hand with true backspin and true downspin.”

From Seattle Times

"Lawmakers need to adopt a long-term mindset and restructure the unaffordable pension systems that are keeping the state in its fiscal downspin," Lawrence Msall, president of the Chicago-based Civic Federation, said in a statement.

From Reuters