backhand Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
    backhand shot; backhand stroke.
  2. verb hit a tennis ball backhand
  3. adjective (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
    backhanded.
  4. adjective satellite (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
    left-slanting.

WordNet

Back"hand` noun
Etymology
Back, adv. + hand.
Definitions
  1. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Back"hand` adjective
Definitions
  1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
  2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. R.

Webster 1913