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Backhand

Backhand Meaning & Definition
Backhand Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Backhand: backhand shot | backhand stroke | left-slanting | written

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See Also | hit | return | two-handed backhand

Backhand In Webster's Dictionary

\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.]

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