backhand

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Made with the back of the dominant hand facing forward.
• noun A backhand stroke or shot, as in tennis or hockey.
• noun A position for controlling a ball or puck, in which the back of the dominant hand faces forward.
• noun A catch made in baseball by reaching across the body with the palm turned toward the ball.
• noun Handwriting characterized by letters that slant to the left.
• adverb With a backhanded stroke or motion.
• transitive verb To perform, catch, or hit with a backhand.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Writing which slopes backward or to the left: as, he writes backhand.
• noun In tennis, the position behind the principal player.
• Backhanded; unfavorable; unfair: as, a backhand influence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
• adjective rare Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
• noun A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
• noun (Sports) The stroke of a ball with a racket or paddle, in which head of the racket starts from the side of the body opposite to that of the arm in which the racket is held, and proceeds forward to meet the ball. Contrasted with forehand.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun tennis 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.
• noun Handwriting that leans to the left
• noun Ultimate Frisbee 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.
• noun The reverse side of the human hand.
• verb to execute a backhand stroke or throw
• verb to slap with the back of one's hand
• adjective Of any left slanting handwriting
• adjective In the backhand style
• adjective ice hockey Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb hit a tennis ball backhand
• adjective (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
• adjective (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
• noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke