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backhand
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun backhand has 1 sense
- backhand(n = noun.act) backhand shot, backhand stroke - a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke; Array is a kind of return
has particulars: two-handed backhand
Derived form verb backhand1
Verb backhand has 1 sense
- backhand(v = verb.contact) Array - hit a tennis ball backhand; Array is one way to hit
Derived form noun backhand1
Sample sentence:
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Adjective backhand has 2 senses
- backhand(a = adj.all) backhanded - (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke; Array Antonym: forehand
- backhand(s = adj.all) left-slanting - (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
backhand, n. [Back, adv. + hand.].
- A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right. [1913 Webster]
- The stroke of a ball with a racket or paddle, in which head of the racket starts from the side of the body opposite to that of the arm in which the racket is held, and proceeds forward to meet the ball. Contrasted with
forehand . [PJC]
backhand, a.
- Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting. [1913 Webster]
- Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
backhand, n. Tennis etc. 1 a stroke played with the back of the hand turned towards the opponent.
2 (attrib.) of or made with a backhand (backhand volley).
2 (attrib.) of or made with a backhand (backhand volley).
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