Definitions for backhandˈbækˌhænd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

back•handˈbækˌhænd(n.)

  1. a stroke, slap, etc., made with the back of the hand turned forward.

  2. (in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made with the back of the hand facing the direction of movement.

    Category: Sport

  3. handwriting that slopes toward the left.

  4. (adj.)backhanded.

  5. (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, pertaining to, or being a stroke made with the back of the hand facing the direction of movement.

    Category: Sport

    Ref: Compare forehand (def. 1). 1

  6. (adv.)with the back of the hand.

  7. backhanded:

    She returned the ball backhand.

  8. (v.t.)to strike with the back of the hand.

  9. to hit, produce, or accomplish with a backhand.

  10. to catch (a ball or the like) backhanded.

Origin of backhand:

1650–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. backhand, backhand stroke, backhand shot(adj)

    a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke

  2. backhand(a), backhanded(adj)

    (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

  3. backhand, left-slanting(verb)

    (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

  4. backhand(verb)

    hit a tennis ball backhand

Wiktionary

  1. backhand(Noun)

    a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.

  2. backhand(Noun)

    Handwriting that leans to the left

  3. backhand(Noun)

    the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.

  4. backhand(Noun)

    The reverse side of the human hand.

  5. backhand(Verb)

    to execute a backhand stroke or throw

  6. backhand(Verb)

    to slap with the back of one's hand

  7. backhand(Adjective)

    Of any left slanting handwriting

  8. backhand(Adjective)

    In the backhand style

  9. backhand(Adjective)

    Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick

    He scored on a backhand shot.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Backhand(noun)

    a kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right

  2. Backhand(adj)

    sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting

  3. Backhand(adj)

    backhanded; indirect; oblique


Translations for backhand

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

backhand(noun)

in tennis etc, a stroke or shot with the back of one's hand turned towards the ball

a clever backhand; His backhand is very strong.

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