I have a strong backhand.
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Backhand
Synonyms for "backhand" (33 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (16)
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24 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- de revés adj (ice hockey)
- cop de revés noun (stroke in tennis)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反手 noun (stroke in tennis)
Dutch
2 entries- backhand noun (stroke in tennis)
- linkshellend handschrift noun (handwriting)
Finnish
2 entries- rystylyönti noun (stroke in tennis)
- tehdä rystylyönti verb (execute a backhand stroke or throw)
French
1 entries- revers noun (stroke in tennis)
Hungarian
1 entries- fonák noun (stroke in tennis)
Icelandic
2 entries- bakhandarhögg noun (stroke in tennis)
- rithönd sem hallar til vinstri noun (handwriting)
Italian
2 entries- rovescio noun (stroke in tennis)
- tirare di rovescio verb (execute a backhand stroke or throw)
Polish
1 entries- bekhend noun (stroke in tennis)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȅkhend noun (stroke in tennis)
- бе̏кхенд noun (stroke in tennis)
Spanish
1 entries- revés noun (stroke in tennis)
Swedish
4 entries- backhand adj (in the backhand style)
- backhand adj (ice hockey)
- backhand noun (stroke in tennis)
- backhandslag noun (stroke in tennis)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бекхе́нд noun (stroke in tennis)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
In tennis and ping-pong backhand the hand is turned backwards in making the stroke.
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Del Potro missed a backhand long at break point.
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Oh I say, now that is a winner right out of this world! Well, you won't see a better shot than this, hit after this marvelous lob from Jimmy Connors, who catches McEnroe moving forward – a classic moment for the lob – and McEnroe hesitates, realises he can't really hit the overhead cleanly – it's beaten him – chases it back and unleashes... a backhand such as you dream about.
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