Crossword-Solution: BACKHAND
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Backhand | n. | A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right. |
| Backhand | a. | Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting. |
| Backhand | a. | Backhanded; indirect; oblique. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BACKHAND | anagram | HACKBAND, HANDBACK |
We have 8 clues for the answer “BACKHAND”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Certain squash shot | 1 answer |
| Djokovic stroke | 1 answer |
| a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | 1 answer |
| stroke played with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | 1 answer |
| Kind of tennis stroke | 2 answers |
| Certain tennis stroke | 3 answers |
| Tennis stroke | 10 answers |
| Tennis term | 19 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EEART
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BACKHAND (5)
From the moment he caught sight of her, he did not turn or take his eyes and face from her, defending himself with backhand blows.
And on the wall of another closet there was written in backhand in beautiful writing: _Julius Cæsar wrote The Calico Belly._ Perhaps that was why they were there because it was a place where some fellows wrote things for cod.
There is, alack! always some intimate friend who sees, who dabbles her pen in the ink-well and labors over a backhand stroke.
The capitals differed, so did the tails of the y's and f's; the backhand slant was not always slanting, but frequently leaned toward the opposite angle.
Louis Globe-Democrat, and a large number of sheets, closely written in a backhand, was signed "Yours truly, Jim Cummings." It stated, in substance, that the robbery had been carefully planned some time before the occurrence.
Quotes with BACKHAND (3)
Girls get screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of things. The way things work, how guys feel great, but make girls feelcheap for doingexactly what they beg for. The way they get to play you, all the while claiming they love you and making you believe it's true. The way it's okay to gift their heart one day, a backhand the next, to move on to the apricotwhen the peach blushes and bruises. These things make me believe God's a man after all.
Well, in the meantime, Carter and I have been discussing the matter of Ryan." This time it wasn't the clang of a pan I heard, but instead a messy smack--the contact of Carter's backhand with Dean's head, I presumed. "Just hear me out. You have options. I have an Italian uncle. He'll make sure Ryan is sleeping with the fishes by next week.""Dean!" Unable to repress my amusement, my eyes flew wide and my grin grew." Either that, or we can go all Sweeney Todd on him and--""Oh, w…
Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.... Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words and they backhand them across the net.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1980–2019).