BACKHAND


Meaning of BACKHAND in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ sometimes ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: back (III) + hand

1.

a. : a stroke with the back of the hand turned in the direction of the movement

a sharp backhand across the cheek

b. : a stroke (as in tennis) made from his left by a right-handed player or from his right by a left-handed player — opposed to forehand

a good backhand in squash

a good backhand game

2. : handwriting whose up-and-down strokes slant at a downward angle from left to right

to write a bold backhand

backhand writing

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II. adverb

or back·hand·ed also back·hand·ed·ly

1. : using a backhand

deliver a slap backhand

hit the tennis ball backhand on a tricky bounce

2. of a catch in baseball : with the glove hand across the body to the right in right-handed throwers or to the left in left-handed ones

catch a long fly backhand on the run

III. transitive verb

: to do or hit with the back of the hand or a backhand

I backhanded the coffee right into the lap of the lippy guy — R.V.Williams

he backhanded the man with a sharp slap across the cheek

backhand a tricky bounce on a tennis court

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.