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

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.
      [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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