Crossword clues for forehand
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forehand \Fore"hand`\, n.
All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
--Johnson.The chief or most important part.
--Shak.-
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and vantage of a king.
--Shak.
Forehand \Fore"hand`\, a. Done beforehand; anticipative.
And so extenuate the forehand sin.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1879 in reference to a tennis stroke; 1909 as a noun in this sense; from fore- + hand (n.). Earlier it meant "position in front or above" (1550s); hence forehanded "prudent, careful of the future" (1640s), which came to mean "well-provided, well-to-do," a sense which lingered in New England into 19c.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context racket sports English) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke 2 (context disc sports English) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger 3 All of the part of a horse which is before the rider. 4 The chief or most important part. 5 Superiority; advantage; start; precedence. 6 (cx surfing English) The hand towards the front of the board
WordNet
adj. (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke [syn: forehand(a), forehanded] [ant: backhand(a)]
n. (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) [syn: forehand stroke, forehand shot]
Wikipedia
The forehand in tennis and other racket sports such as table tennis, squash and badminton is a shot made by swinging the racket across one's body with the hand moving palm-first. In tennis, except in the context of the phrase forehand volley, the term refers to a type of groundstroke—a stroke in which the ball has bounced before it is struck. It contrasts with the backhand, the other type of groundstroke. For a right-handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins on the right side of his body, continues across his body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of his body. It is considered the easiest shot to master, perhaps because it is the most natural stroke. Beginners and advanced players often have better forehands than any other shots and use it as a weapon.
Most forehands are hit with topspin because it helps keep the ball from landing outside the court. On some occasions, such as an approach shot, a player can opt to hit with backspin, which can also be called a 'slice'.
Players with great forehands often build their main strategy around it. They set up a point until they have a good chance of striking a powerful forehand to win the point. A well-known tactic is to run around a ball on their backhand side in order to hit a forehand cross-court, called the inside-out forehand.
The term forehand refers to the front half of a horse's body.
The forehand in tennis and other racket sports such as table tennis, squash and badminton is a shot made by swinging the racket across one's body with the hand moving palm-first.
Forehand may also refer to:
People- A. C. and Mamie Forehand, American gospel musicians active in 1927
- Edward "Little Buster" Forehand (19422006), American soul and blues musician
- Jennie M. Forehand (born 1935), American politician in Maryland
- Joe Forehand (born before 1971), American businessman
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Forehand (horse), the front half of a horse's body
- Turn on the forehand, a lateral movement in equestrian schooling
Usage examples of "forehand".
Ecator came up and whirled through spears, horses, and imps in a lightning-fast forehand and backhand riposte.
His long red hair swirled with the violence of the strokes as his long sword hacked forehand and backhand.
The naked guerrillas took them from behind, and this time Craig heard the explosive grunts as they swung the long-bladed pangm, like a tennis-player hitting a hard forehand volley.
Stice drove this backhand hard down the line to Hal's forehand, a blazing thing that made the audience inhale, but as the samizdat's director's other son glided a few strides left Steeply could see that he now had a whole open court to hit cross-court into, Stice having hit so hard he'd backpedalled a bit off the shot and was now scrambling to get back out of the deuce corner, arid Hal hit the flat textbook drive cross-court into green lined space, hard but not flamboyantly so, and the diagonal of the ball kept it travelling out wide after it hit Stice's ad sideline, carrying it away from the boy in black's outstretched racquet, and for a second it looked as if Stice at a dead run might get his strings on the ball, but the ball stayed tantalizingly just out of reach, still travelling at a severe cross-court diagonal, and it passed Slice's racquet half a meter past its rim, and Slice's momentum carried him almost halfway into the next court.
The naked guerrillas took them from behind, and this time Craig heard the explosive grunts as they swung the long, bladed pan gas likea tennis-player hitting a hard forehand volley.
He gave his aromatique an emphatic crunch and jabbed a forehand at Smith.
If one of the combatants shifted his feet as he struck, or was staggered as he and his opponent traded full power, forehand and backhand bitch slaps, the contest was over.
Estelle snagged a skillet out of the dish rack, crossed the room, and raised it for a rocketing forehand shot to Catfish's head.
Then it popped clear and Bunty leaned out of the saddle and hit his first good shot of the match, a high forehand drive that lofted well up-field and his pony went after it instinctively, bearing Bunty along on the line whether he liked it or not.
The Bushman was trying desperately to notch another arrow as Lothar leaned out of the saddle like a polo player reaching for a forehand drive, and swung the Mauser.
The Argentinian rose in the saddle to trap the fall, his white teeth sparkling under the trim black pencil-line of his mustache, the smooth darkly tanned muscles of his arm bulging as he prepared to go on to the forehand drive, his sleekly beautiful pony wheeling into line for the shot, nimble and quick as a ferret.
He had no illusions about his game: a powerful serve and a bulletlike forehand drive, but no control to speak of.
And with that he stamped forward, his forehand slash aimed at Bill's helmless head.
And with that he stamped forward, his forehand slash aimed at Bili's helmless head.
Luckily, I killed mine be forehand and it is now in the pork barrel.