inside-out

Adjective

inside-out (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of sidelong.
   • ...with a nudge of the elbow, and an inside-out squint of his eyes...1850 May, The New Monthly Magazine & Humourist, page 111

   Synonyms:

   sidelong

2. With the inner and outer surfaces reversed.
   • These curious gloves... have two thumbs, so that by an inside-out process they can get another pair of gloves when the palm becomes worn out.1893 May, Temple Bar, page 31
   • This force is all that prevents the blades from pointing straight up like an inside-out umbrella.1932 April, Michigan Technic, page 6

   Synonyms:

   extroverted

   Antonyms:

   right-side-out

3. Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.
   • ...cracking an ‘inside-out’ backhand past Rahim on the set point...1977 March 15, The Washington Post, page D5
   • Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.2014 July 2, The Daily Telegraph, Sports Sect., p. 6