Backhand

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backhand \Back"hand`\, a.
     1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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)}]
       2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down
          to right [syn: {left-slanting}]
       n : a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction
           of the stroke [syn: {backhand stroke}, {backhand shot}]
       v : hit a tennis ball backhand