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Backhand   /bˈækhˌænd/   Listen
Backhand

adjective
1.
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke.  Synonym: backhanded.  Antonym: forehand.
2.
(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward.  Synonym: left-slanting.
noun
1.
A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke.  Synonyms: backhand shot, backhand stroke.
verb
1.
Hit a tennis ball backhand.



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backhand drive
backhand shot
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two-handed backhand


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... headed "St. Joe, Missouri," and addressed to the editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and a large number of sheets, closely written in a backhand, was signed "Yours truly, Jim Cummings." It stated, in substance, that the robbery had been carefully planned some time before the occurrence. That entrance had been gained to the express car by the presentation of a forged order from Route ...
— Jim Cummings • Frank Pinkerton


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