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Backhand
(gcide) | Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.]
1. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the
letters is from left to right.
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2. (Sports) The stroke of a ball with a racket or paddle, in
which head of the racket starts from the side of the body
opposite to that of the arm in which the racket is held,
and proceeds forward to meet the ball. Contrasted with
forehand.
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Backhand
(gcide) | Backhand \Back"hand`\, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
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2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
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backhand
(wn) | backhand
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of
hand facing direction of stroke [syn: backhand(a),
backhanded] [ant: forehand(a), forehanded]
2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward [syn:
backhand, left-slanting]
n 1: a return made with the back of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke [syn: backhand, {backhand
stroke}, backhand shot]
v 1: hit a tennis ball backhand |
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backhanded
(encz) | backhanded,dvojsmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
two-handed backhand
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Backhand
(gcide) | Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.]
1. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the
letters is from left to right.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Sports) The stroke of a ball with a racket or paddle, in
which head of the racket starts from the side of the body
opposite to that of the arm in which the racket is held,
and proceeds forward to meet the ball. Contrasted with
forehand.
[PJC]Backhand \Back"hand`\, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
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2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
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Backhanded
(gcide) | Backhanded \Back"hand`ed\, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
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2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded
compliment.
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3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, backhanded
letters.
[1913 Webster]backhanded \back"hand`ed\, a. & adv. (Sport)
Stroked with a backhand[2]; as, a backhanded drive.
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backhanded
(gcide) | Backhanded \Back"hand`ed\, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
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2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded
compliment.
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3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, backhanded
letters.
[1913 Webster]backhanded \back"hand`ed\, a. & adv. (Sport)
Stroked with a backhand[2]; as, a backhanded drive.
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Backhandedness
(gcide) | Backhandedness \Back"hand`ed*ness\, n.
State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or
indirect methods.
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Backhander
(gcide) | Backhander \Back"hand`er\, n.
A backhanded blow.
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backhand drive
(wn) | backhand drive
n 1: a hard straight return made on the backhand side |
backhand shot
(wn) | backhand shot
n 1: a return made with the back of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke [syn: backhand, {backhand
stroke}, backhand shot] |
backhand stroke
(wn) | backhand stroke
n 1: a return made with the back of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke [syn: backhand, {backhand
stroke}, backhand shot] |
backhanded
(wn) | backhanded
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of
hand facing direction of stroke [syn: backhand(a),
backhanded] [ant: forehand(a), forehanded]
2: roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted
to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded
and dishonest way of reaching his goal" |
backhander
(wn) | backhander
n 1: a backhanded blow |
two-handed backhand
(wn) | two-handed backhand
n 1: a backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands |
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