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Definition of Backhand

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

2. Verb. Hit a tennis ball backhand.

3. Noun. A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke.

4. Adjective. (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward.

Definition of Backhand

1. n. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

2. a. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

Definition of Backhand

1. Noun. (tennis) 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. ¹

2. Noun. Handwriting that leans to the left ¹

3. Noun. (context: Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side. ¹

4. Noun. The reverse side of the human hand. ¹

5. Verb. to execute a backhand stroke or throw ¹

6. Verb. to slap with the back of one's hand ¹

7. Adjective. (context: handwriting) Of any left slanting handwriting ¹

8. Adjective. (context: of strokes or throws) In the backhand style ¹

9. Adjective. (ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backhand

1. to strike with the back of the hand [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backhand

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Literary usage of Backhand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"The backhand rolling drop-stroke is the mosf useful for all-around play, although more difficult to learn. Vaile dilates at great length on the virtues of ..."

2. Tennis as I Play it by Maurice Evans McLoughlin (1915)
"CHAPTER VII THE backhand STROKES on the left-hand side of a right- handed player, ... All these things make the ordinary backhand stroke an awkward one, ..."

3. Lawn Tennis Lessons for Beginners by Jahial Parmly Paret (1916)
"VI backhand STROKES OFF ... Because of this peculiar position, the backhand strokes are one of the greatest ..."

4. First Steps to Lawn Tennis by Alfred Ernest Beamish (1922)
"The backhand Stroke The real stumbling-block of the beginner, and one that is in too few instances properly surmounted. Here again the reason for failure is ..."

5. Modern Tennis by P. A. Vaile (1917)
"THE backhand STROKE IT is amazing how many players make this shot out of position. ... One of England's ex-champion players consistently plays his backhand ..."

6. The Game of Squash by Eustace H Miles (1900)
"backhand POSITION AND STROKE. THIS Chapter will be very much like the previous ... We must assume that the correct backhand grip has now become part and ..."

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