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A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
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backhand
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A backhand is a stroke used in racquet sports, especially tennis. Backhand may also refer to: Flying_disc_techniques#Backhand , a form of flying disk throw, used in sports such as Ultimate. Backhand (comics) , a superhero in the Marvel universe Backhand ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke [syn: backhand stroke , backhand shot ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Graf saved eight game points and Sanchez Vicario forced five break points before netting an easy backhand . ▪ Once she double-faulted, twice she missed with backhands and once Henin made a great attack at the net. ▪ Tennis babe ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right. (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 ...
Usage examples of backhand.
Ron and Mark shouted commands: bend at the knees, racket up, keep your wrist firm, swing low to high, take it on the rise, crosscourt, down the line, now backhands.
Ecator came up and whirled through spears, horses, and imps in a lightning-fast forehand and backhand riposte.
Burthong swung a backhand return and then clobbered the leatherback with the edge of his shield.
Southpaw, one-hander off the backhand side, a serve Donnie Stott likes to clock with radar, and chart.
Bartlett took a step forward and lifted his arm to backhand the Negress but found himself under attack instead by Heather who struck him hard across the face.
His long red hair swirled with the violence of the strokes as his long sword hacked forehand and backhand.
With a fist clenched tightly around his pride, Aidan backhanded his little brother to the ground.
Sensing the touch, Magichunger flailed the sword backhand, even as he scrambled by.
There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all foreigners feel for our national way of life.
His fellow passengers laugh as the golf cart overturns on a slope and the woman skids down after it, her arm slowly raising to deliver a backhanded slash.
He moved across the dirt and weeds, kicking up dust, purposely delaying his break for the ball so that he could make an over-the-shoulder or backhand catch.
The goon stepped in front of Indy and backhanded him twice across the face.
He lumbered back across the feast hall, slashing backhanded behind him twice on the way, and mounted the stairs where Tarthane lay crumpled and the tapestry was rippling slowly and wearily.
He backhanded her almost casually, and the strength of the blow threw her backwards.
We may also consider the primitive aspirated consonants kh, th, ph, pronounced more or less as in as in backhand, outhouse, scrap-heap (to borrow my own examples from Lesson One).