backhand
反手,反手击球,反手拍,反手击打
Definitions
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- : a stroke, slap, etc., made with the palm of the hand turned toward the body and the back of the hand turned in the direction of the stroke, slap, etc.
- : a stroke made from the side of the body opposite to that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc.
- : handwriting that slopes toward the left.
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- : backhanded.
- : of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the side of the body opposite to that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc.Compare forehand.
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- : with the back of the hand: He hit him backhand across the face.
- : from across the body; backhanded: She returned the ball backhand on the first serve.
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- : to strike with the back of the hand.
- : to hit, produce, or accomplish with a backhand.
- : to catch backhanded.
Examples
He unleashed a 129-miles-per-hour rocket that could only backhand into the net.
Aim and release from your hand the way you might backhand a frisbee, but put some spin on it with your forefinger and watch your stone skippity-skip, once, twice or thrice across the water!
Wilson beat Ullmark with a slick backhand shot, and his shorthanded goal in the second period held up as the eventual game-winner in the Capitals’ 3-1 victory.
I think he has one of the best backhands I have seen from an American in a long time.
Tsitsipas closed the victory on his third match point, with a backhand winner down the line.
There are three full-time tennis aces on site who are more than happy to improve your backhand or perfect that serve.
From the moment he caught sight of her, he did not turn or take his eyes and face from her, defending himself with backhand blows.
I would suggest that we go through the forehand and backhand strokes to make certain that we are right.
One of the detectives took the woman by the arm; she jerked it loose and aimed a backhand slap at him.
In forehand play the bowl as it courses to the jack describes its segment of a circle on the right, in backhand play on the left.
The first blow, aimed backhand at his bare right leg, struck his shield instead.