- backhand back·hand n
- ['bækˌhænd]
Tennis (also: backhand stroke) rovescio
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backhand back·hand n
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back´hand´ed|ness — back|hand|ed «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative.… … Useful english dictionary
back´hand´ed|ly — back|hand|ed «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative.… … Useful english dictionary
back|hand|ed — «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative. sounding like praise … Useful english dictionary
back|hand — «BAK HAND», noun, adjective, adverb, verb. –n. 1. a) a stroke in tennis and other games played with a racket or paddle, made with the back of the hand turned outward and the arm usually held across the body: »His backhand is his most effective… … Useful english dictionary
backhand — back|hand1 [ bæk,hænd ] noun count in tennis and similar sports, a movement made to hit the ball in which the back of your hand moves toward the ball backhand back|hand 2 [ bæk,hænd ] verb transitive to hit a ball using a backhand … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Sports) The stroke of a ball with a racket or paddle, in which head of the racket starts from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Backhand — Back hand , a. 1. Sloping from left to right; said of handwriting. [1913 Webster] 2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Backhand — Back|hand 〈[ bæ̣khænd] f. 10; Sp.; Tennis, Tischtennis u. a.〉 Rückhand(schlag); Ggs Forehand [engl.] * * * Back|hand [ bɛkhɛnt , engl.: bækhænd ], die; , s, auch: der; [s], s [engl. backhand, aus: back ↑ (back) u. hand = Hand] (Sport):… … Universal-Lexikon
backhand — back•hand [[t]ˈbækˌhænd[/t]] n. 1) a stroke, slap, etc., made with the back of the hand turned forward 2) spo (in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made with the back of the hand facing the direction of movement 3) handwriting that slopes toward the … From formal English to slang
backhand — [bak′hand΄] n. 1. handwriting that slants backward, up to the left 2. a kind of stroke, as in tennis, with the back of the hand turned forward, the arm being brought forward from across the body adj. 1. done with the back of the hand turned… … English World dictionary
backhand — s.n. Partea din afară a rachetei de tenis ţinute corect în mână; p.ext. lovitură dată cu această parte a rachetei; rever. [pr.: béchend] – cuv. engl. Trimis de paula, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 BACKHAND s.n. Lovire a mingii la tenis din rever… … Dicționar Român
