backhand

nouns

a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
backhand, backhand shot, backhand stroke

verbs

hit a tennis ball backhand
backhand
is a type of (narrower)
cause to move by striking
"hit a ball"
hit

adjectives

(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
backhand, backhanded
antonym
forehand
(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
backhand, left-slanting