Definitions for: Backhand


[n] a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
[adj] (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down to right
[v] hit a tennis ball backhand



Webster (1913) Definition: Back"hand`, n. [Back, adv. + hand.]
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the
letters is from left to right.


Back"hand`, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]

Synonyms: backhand shot, backhand stroke, left-slanting, written

See Also: hit, return, two-handed backhand

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