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backhand
 
Adjective backhand has 2 senses
  1. backhand, backhanded - (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
    Antonyms: forehand, forehanded
  2. backhand, left-slanting - (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down to right
    Antonym: spoken (indirect, via written)
Noun backhand has 1 sense
  1. backhand, backhand stroke, backhand shot - a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
    --1 is a kind of return
    --1 has particulars: two-handed backhand
    Derived form: verb backhand1
Verb backhand has 1 sense
  1. backhand - hit a tennis ball backhand
    --1 is one way to     hit
    Derived form: noun backhand1
    Sample sentence:
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