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BACKHAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
Synonyms:
backhand; backhand shot; backhand stroke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("backhand" is a kind of...):
return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backhand"):
two-handed backhand (a backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands)
Derivation:
backhand (hit a tennis ball backhand)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
Synonyms:
backhand; backhanded
Classified under:
Antonym:
forehand ((of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
Synonyms:
backhand; left-slanting
Classified under:
Similar:
written (set down in writing in any of various ways)
Domain category:
handwriting (the activity of writing by hand)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hit a tennis ball backhand
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "backhand" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
backhand (a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke)
