BACKHAND - Definition

Pronunciation:		'bak`hand
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke [adj] (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down to right [v] hit a tennis ball backhand

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	Synonyms:	backhand shot, backhand stroke, left-slanting, written

	See Also:	hit, return, two-handed backhand

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right. \Back"hand`\, a. 1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting. 2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]