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[ bak -hand ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbækˌhænd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a stroke, slap, etc., made with the palm of the hand turned toward the body and the back of the hand turned in the direction of the stroke, slap, etc.
(in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made from the side of the body opposite to that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc.
handwriting that slopes toward the left.
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(in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the side of the body opposite to that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare forehand (def. 1).
adverb with the back of the hand: He hit him backhand across the face.
from across the body; backhanded: She returned the ball backhand on the first serve.
verb (used with object) to strike with the back of the hand.
to hit, produce, or accomplish with a backhand.
to catch (a ball or the like) backhanded.
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Origin of backhand First recorded in 1650–60; back2 + hand
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Example sentences from the Web for backhand There are three full-time tennis aces on site who are more than happy to improve your backhand or perfect that serve.
Gal With a Suitcase | Jolie Hunt| February 20, 2011| DAILY BEAST
But he was equal to the emergency, and, to make the disguise perfect, he gave to his writing the left hand or backhand stroke.
The Boy Broker | Frank A. Munsey
I would suggest that we go through the forehand and backhand strokes to make certain that we are right.
The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts | Janet Aldridge
He will want in London a fellow who, in the character of the Highland turnkey, held the backhand (p. 250) to him admirably well.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 | John Gibson Lockhart
Crosscourts: To be mixed in with your straight up and down strokes are the crosscourt forehand and backhand shots.
Squash Tennis | Richard C. Squires
One of the detectives took the woman by the arm; she jerked it loose and aimed a backhand slap at him.
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British Dictionary definitions for backhand noun sport a stroke made across the body with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as modifier ) a backhand return the side on which backhand strokes are made
handwriting slanting to the left
verb (tr) sport to play (a shot) backhand
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