plural of backhand

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand

present participle of backhand

A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. / A blow with the back of the hand. / (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.

(of handwriting) Slanting to the left. / (of strokes or throws) In the backhand style / (ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick

(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. / Handwriting that leans to the left

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

With the back of the hand. / Involving a backward flip of the hand. / Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory. / Indirect. / Backwards, turned around. / (of writing) inclining to the left

simple past tense and past participle of backhand

In a backhanded manner.