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back·hand (-hand′)
noun
- handwriting that slants backward, up to the left
- a kind of stroke, as in tennis, with the back of the hand turned forward, the arm being brought forward from across the body
adjective
- done with the back of the hand turned inward, as for a baseball catch, or forward, as for a tennis stroke, and with the arm across the body
- written in backhand
adverb
with a backhand
transitive verb
- ☆ to catch (a ball) with the back of the hand turned inward and arm extended across the body
- to hit (a ball) with a backhand stroke
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