backhand

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: backhand strokebackhand shotbackhandedleft-slanting

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the strokeSynonyms: backhand strokebackhand shot

Verb (1)

  1. hit a tennis ball backhand

Adjective (2)

  1. (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of strokeSynonyms: backhanded
  2. (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backwardSynonyms: left-slanting
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Back′hand′ (…), noun

Origin: Back, adv. + hand.

1. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

2. Sports 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.

Back′hand′ adjective

1. Sloping from left to right; — said of handwriting.

2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. rare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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