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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backhand \Back"hand`\, a. 1. Sloping from left to right -- said of handwriting. 2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backhand adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke [syn: {backhand(a)}, {backhanded}] [ant: {forehand(a)}] 2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down to right [syn: {left-slanting}] n : a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke [syn: {backhand stroke}, {backhand shot}] v : hit a tennis ball backhand
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