forehand Definition
fore·hand (fôr′hand′)
noun
- Archaic the position in front or above; advantage
- the part of a horse in front of the rider
- a kind of stroke, as in tennis, made with the arm extended and the palm of the hand turned forward
adjective
- Obsolete done or given earlier
- foremost; front
- done or performed as or with a forehand
adverb
with a forehand
forehand Usage Examples
Object
racket: Forehand the racket with the old-fashioned i know what.
Converse of object
- hit: I won from a return I spent time practicing: moving round to hit a forehand down the line.
- play: I don't know how he did it, I was serving well, playing good forehands, but crap backhands.
- have: He has a good forehand which he used to effect in the first, but I took care of his shots in the second.
- miss: And Federer misses an easy forehand down the line, as the commentator says, a match point squandered.
- blast: But he squandered the advantage in the very next game by blasting a simple forehand long with the court at his mercy.
Adjective modifier
- alternate: The 2 line facility gives an alternate forehand / backhand pattern ( as well as the random pattern ).
- good: Nice head development, strong neck and good forehand and feet.
- powerful: Neil, at 14, already had a powerful forehand, clever deception shots and a prodigious appetite, especially for crepes.
- simple: But he squandered the advantage in the very next game by blasting a simple forehand long with the court at his mercy.
- double-handed: Serena gets an early break despite essaying - for the first time in her career I reckon - a double-handed forehand.
- loose: But a loose forehand that ended in a stroke to Power followed by two tins by White and suddenly Power had game ball.
Modifies a noun
- volley: Adrian goes for a forehand volley kill return of serve.
- nick: He had finally got tired. Lincou's shot was a classic forehand straight volley nick, set up beautiful and played quickly.
- boast: A lob out of bounds and yet another tin gave Beng Hee game ball, which he converted with a simple forehand boast.
- drop: The fourth game was as tight as the previous two, and a no let and a tight forehand drop gave White match ball.
- winner: However Joey hit two forehand winners at 9 all to set a platform for a comeback to take place.
- shot: I can easily do a good forehand shot that goes to their less comfortable back hand.
Noun used with modifier
- cross-court: Henman does very well to block a passing shot, but Grosjean responds with a frankly outrageous cross-court forehand to break serve.
- crosscourt: Another break point was converted with a superb crosscourt forehand as the 26-year-old went through the gears.
Browse dictionary entries near forehand
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