Definition of "backhand" []

• Sports A stroke or motion, as of a racket, made with the back of the hand facing outward and the arm moving forward. (noun)
• Sports A pass or shot in hockey made with the back of the blade of the stick. (noun)
• Sports A catch made in baseball by reaching across the body with the palm turned toward the ball. (noun)
• Handwriting characterized by letters that slant to the left. (noun)
• Made with or using a backhand. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Today's players are extraordinarily skilful but I would still like to see them hitting a running top-spin backhand in the manner of Rod Laver while using a wooden-framed racket that weighs double the ones they use now and has a sweet spot a quarter the size."
• "If anyone out here has any tips on hitting a consistent top-spin backhand, please fax them to Doubleday."
• "He added his second of the game - his ninth of the season - when he beat Elliott with a backhand from a sharp angle with 1: 53 remaining."