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1. (n.) backhand
a stroke, slap, etc., made with the back of the hand turned forward.
2. backhand
(in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made with the back of the hand facing the direction of movement.
3. backhand
handwriting that slopes toward the left.
4. (adj.) backhand
backhanded.
5. backhand
(in tennis, squash, etc.) of, pertaining to, or being a stroke made with the back of the hand facing the direction of movement.
6. (adv.) backhand
with the back of the hand.
7. backhand
backhanded:
She returned the ball backhand.
8. (v.t.) backhand
to strike with the back of the hand.
9. backhand
to hit, produce, or accomplish with a backhand.
10. backhand
to catch (a ball or the like) backhanded.
Etymology: (1650–60)
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| Definition of 'backhand' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) backhand, backhand stroke, backhand shot
a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
2. (adj) backhand(a), backhanded
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
3. (verb) backhand, left-slanting
(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
4. (verb) backhand
hit a tennis ball backhand
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| Definition of 'backhand' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) backhand
sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting
2. (adj) backhand
backhanded; indirect; oblique
3. (noun) backhand
a kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right
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Sense: 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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 Afrikaans: handrughou |
 Arabic: ضَربَةٌ بِظَهْر اليَد |
 Bulgarian: бекхенд |
 Brazilian: jogada |
 Czech: backhand |
 German: die Rückhand |
 Danish: baghånd |
 Greek: ανάποδο χτύπημα |
 Spanish: revés |
 Estonian: tagantkäelöök |
 Farsi: ضربه پشت راکت |
 Finnish: rystylyönti |
 French: revers |
 Hebrew: חֲבָטַת גַב יַד |
 Hindi: टेनिस इत्यादि में बैकहैंड |
 Croatian: bekend |
 Hungarian: fonák (ütés) |
 Indonesian: pukulan dengan punggung t |
 Icelandic: bakhönd |
 Italian: rovescio |
 Japanese: さか手打ち |
 Korean: (테니스 등의) 백핸드 |
 Lithuanian: kairinis smūgis |
 Latvian: rokraksts (ar slīpumu uz |
 Malay: pukulan kilas |
 Dutch: back-hand |
 Norwegian: bakhåndslag, backhand |
 Polish: bekhend |
 Persian: ضربه پشت راکت |
 Pashto: له شا د خوا د راكت ضربه |
 Portuguese: jogada |
 Romanian: backhand, rever |
 Russian: бекхенд, удар слева |
 Slovak: bekhend |
 Slovenian: backhand |
 Serbian: bekhend |
 Swedish: backhand |
 Thai: ท่าตีโดยหันหลังมือออกนอกต |
 Turkish: ters vuruş, bekhend |
 Taiwanese: (網球等的)反手擊球 |
 Ukrainian: удар зліва, бекхенд |
 Urdu: الٹا ہاتھ |
 Vietnamese: cú ve bóng |
 Chinese: （网球等的）反手击球 |
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