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• Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.2014 July 2, The Daily Telegraph, Sports Sect., p. 6. From the entry inside-out
• He'd gotten into tremendous shape so that he could run around his backhand and avoid hitting it altogether.2006, Greg Moran, Tennis Beyond Big Shots, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry run around
• Neither possesses a serve fast enough to dent a radar gun and their stabby backhands resemble karate chops.1991 September 18, “Walker, Holton Are A Winning Duo”, in South Florida Sun-Sentinel. From the entry stabby
• He had no power serve of his own, no backhand, no volley, no lob, no idea of pace or tactics.1961 January 13, Marshall Smith, “From Waif to a Winner, the Clown of the Courts”, in Life, page 99. From the entry serve
• If either movement or speed around the court is a weakness, the one-handed backhand may be the best choice because of the extra reach.2012, Joey Rive, Scott C. Williams, Tennis Skills & Drills, →ISBN. From the entry one-handed
• If the required backhand stroke has not been made the surgeon finds himself unable to perform this essential manual aid, (unless he can work 'crosshanded').1975, A. Th. M. Balen, First International Symposium on Artificial Lens implantation, →ISBN. From the entry crosshanded
• You never pump your arm when you score, you never exclaim anything, you don’t even smile when you fire a perfect backhand straight down the line.2017, André Aciman, “Manfred”, in Enigma Variations, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 135. From the entry exclaim
• He did have one brief spell in the second set when he seemed to catch a wave, pounding his backhand and winning 11 of 14 points.2015 November 8, Simon Briggs, “Andy Murray brushed aside by increasingly dominant Novak Djokovic in Paris Masters final”, in Telegraph…. From the entry catch a wave

Meaning of backhand

1. noun 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.
2. noun Handwriting that leans to the left.
3. noun The standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.

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How do you use backhand in a sentence?

Backhand is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “She has a mean backhand.”

What is a short sentence with backhand?

“She has a mean backhand.”

What does backhand mean?

Backhand means 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.