Search Details

Word: backhand (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • (handwriting) any left slanting handwriting
  • ice hockey Any play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
  • (of strokes ''or'' throws) in the backhand style

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Noun:

  • Ultimate Frisbee the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
  • Handwriting that leans to the left
  • tennis a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Verb:

  • to execute a backhand stroke or throw
  • to slap with the back of one's hand

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »