underhand
Syllables: un·der·hand/ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
underhand adjective: secret; clandestine.
Adjective
underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)
Adverb
underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)
Verb
underhand (third-person singular simple present underhands, present participle underhanding, simple past and past participle underhanded)
- To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
- Couture made straight for the refrigerator and returned with cold beer, underhanding them in turn to each of the team members, Sergeant Thi included.2010, Michael Hodgins, Reluctant Warrior, →ISBN
- Michael underhanded his half-dozen sticks into the audience as the stage lights went dark and house lights came up at the rear of the auditorium.2013, George R.R. Martin, Wild Cards: Inside Straight, →ISBN
- To trick, deceive or gull.
- The time has arrived when monkeying with the public must cease, when lying and underhanding your competitor in the baking business must be banished from the plan of business development.1922, Baking Technology - Volumes 1-2, page 193
- The other was that the majority of the purchasing contracts represented “good deals” because suppliers would not wish to be caught underhanding this company due to its size and influence in the market.1994, Benjamin Gilad, Business blindspots
- To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
- About one-half the body has been mined by underhanding into mill holes; but with the adoption of the water drill, shrinkage stoping is being largely used and the larger stopes are mined as at Levack.1903, Mining Reporter - Volume 47, page 480
- The floors are then extracted by underhanding, and finally the pillars at the levels are trimmed to the minimum size necessary to support the walls.1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular, page 166
Noun
underhand (plural underhands)
- The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
- Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
underhand meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
underhand in Tamil
- உள்கை, நேர்மையற்ற, திருட்டுத்தனம், கீழ்நிலை, திருட்டுத்தனமான, நயவஞ்சகமான
underhand in Urdu
- عیارانہ, مکارانہ, پوشیدہ, رازدارانہ
underhand in Malayalam
- ഉള്ളാലെയുള്ള, നിന്ദ്യമായ, കുടിലമായ, വ്യാജമായ
underhand in Kannada
- ಮೋಸದ, ಅಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆಯ, ಗುಟ್ಟಾದ, ಪಿತೂರಿಯ
Examples of underhand in a sentence
- In that era, a pitcher's job was to initiate play by underhanding the ball to the batter in a way that would prevent hard hits but not necessarily in hopes of a strikeout.2014, Jack Heffron, The Local Boys: Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds, →ISBN, page 60:
- Many have been underhanded by fate and occasionally made to ask, like I once did, if there is a God, and if there is, how could they experience His power.2010, Christiana I. Chineme, God Didn't Do It; He Only Signed Off On It, →ISBN, page 149:
- This method is used only in a one-set panel mined from level to level by underhanding into the chute at the foot- wall end of the previous panel.1942, Mining Technology - Volume 6, Issue 1, page 9:
Synonyms of underhand
Forms of underhand
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more underhand |
| superlative | most underhand |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more underhand |
| superlative | most underhand |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | underhands |
| present participle | underhanding |
| past participle | underhanded |
| past | underhanded |
| Noun | |
| plural | underhands |
Origin of underhand
From under + hand.
Words formed from underhand
Questions about underhand
- What does underhand mean?
- Underhand means secret; clandestine.
- What is underhand in Tamil?
- Underhand in Tamil is உள்கை, நேர்மையற்ற, திருட்டுத்தனம். See Underhand meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use underhand in a sentence?
- In that era, a pitcher's job was to initiate play by underhanding the ball to the batter in a way that would prevent hard hits but not necessarily in hopes of a strikeout.
- What part of speech is underhand?
- Underhand can be an adjective, an adverb, a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce underhand?
- Underhand is pronounced /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/.
Words near underhand in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underhand (page history and authors); underhand (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underhand (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underhand (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underhand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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