[
UK
/bˈækhænd/
]
[ US /ˈbækˌhænd/ ]
[ US /ˈbækˌhænd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
- (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
NOUN
- a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
VERB
- hit a tennis ball backhand
How To Use backhand In A Sentence
- On the second, he charged to the net and put away a backhand volley to keep his hopes alive.
- Her tennis game, filled with flat forehands and backhands, looks better-built for hard courts, rather than the slow, red clay of Paris. Li Na Wins French Open Title
- If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, it is intended as a compliment nonetheless.
- He missed a backhand crosscourt.
- attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity
- The son of a Sydney grocer, Rosewall was a natural left-hander but was taught to play right-handed by his father and developed a peerless backhand.
- Reika parries a downward thrust and spins around, backhanding her adversary.
- He can roll or slice his backhand, hook his forehand short, or hit it with a mix of pace and top spin that is formidable.
- A beautiful backhand topspin lob got Capriati within two points of victory, and she wrapped it up with a good deep forehand and then a backhand passing shot. USATODAY.com - Capriati wins on wet day at U.S. Open
- He attempts a deft backhand drop shot that appears beyond his opponent's reach. Times, Sunday Times
