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Backhand Common

Backhand has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke

2

a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.

Verb
1

hit a tennis ball backhand

2

to execute a backhand stroke or throw

Adjective
1

(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

2

(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

3

Of any left slanting handwriting

See Also
hand hockey stick backhanded backhander stroke two hander inside out disc
Related Terms
Antonyms
forehanded
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
return hit
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
two-handed backhand
Rhyming Words
and land hand dand xand mand nand fand band 5and iand wand rand stand shand grand aband brand frand gland
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