"back-hand" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbækhænd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-backhand.ogg [US] Forms: more back-hand [comparative], most back-hand [superlative]
Etymology: From back + hand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|hand}} back + hand Head templates: {{en-adj}} back-hand (comparative more back-hand, superlative most back-hand)
  1. Alternative form of backhand Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: backhand
    Sense id: en-back-hand-en-adj-NZe8M-L3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Noun

IPA: /ˈbækhænd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-backhand.ogg [US] Forms: back-hands [plural]
Etymology: From back + hand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|hand}} back + hand Head templates: {{en-noun}} back-hand (plural back-hands)
  1. Alternative form of backhand Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: backhand
    Sense id: en-back-hand-en-noun-NZe8M-L3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Verb

IPA: /ˈbækhænd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-backhand.ogg [US] Forms: back-hands [present, singular, third-person], back-handing [participle, present], back-handed [participle, past], back-handed [past]
Etymology: From back + hand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|hand}} back + hand Head templates: {{en-verb}} back-hand (third-person singular simple present back-hands, present participle back-handing, simple past and past participle back-handed)
  1. Alternative form of backhand Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: backhand
    Sense id: en-back-hand-en-verb-NZe8M-L3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Inflected forms

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