Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blow with the back of the hand: as, to strike one a backhander.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A backhanded blow.
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- noun A
glass ofwine given out of turn, thebottle having beenhanded backwards . - noun A
blow with theback of thehand . - noun informal A
bribe .
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- noun a backhanded blow
Etymologies
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Examples
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Zednik scored at 12: 59 of the second, firing a backhander from the right side of the crease that went over Budaj and just under the crossbar.
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He was unable to get his blocker on White's hard backhander from the slot as Toronto took a 1-0 lead.
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Peltonen made it 3-1 at 7: 48 of the second with a backhander from the side of the net that trickled through Gerber's legs.
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Hartnell's tally came on the power play when he beat Manny Fernandez with a backhander from the edge of the crease.
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Kamil Kreps scored on a backhander from the slot to put the Panthers on top 4-2.
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The Penguins tied it 10 seconds later when Matt Cooke put a rebound of Jordan Staal's backhander from the slot past Backstrom for his second goal.
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Pahlsson opened the scoring 5: 22 in with a backhander from the right circle that slid past Rinne's right shoulder.
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Niedermayer put the Ducks ahead 2-1 in the second period, whisking in a backhander from the high slot after Travis Moen and Scott Niedermayer fought to keep the puck alive along the right boards in the Oilers 'zone.
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Barely one minute after Price entered the game, Montreal was on the power play when Max Pacioretty's third goal, a backhander from the bottom of the slot, made it 3-1.
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Then Kopitar tied it on a soft backhander from the half wall, the puck somehow eluding Mason inside the near post.
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sonofgroucho commented on the word backhander
An illicit payment. A bribe.
January 28, 2008