Tom returned the ball with a forehand smash.
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Forehand
//fɔːɹhænd//
Synonyms for "forehand" (50 found)
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13 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- предница noun (all of the part of a horse which is before the rider)
- форхенд noun (stroke in racket sports)
Catalan
1 entries- cop de dreta noun (stroke in racket sports)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 正手 noun (stroke in racket sports)
Czech
1 entries- forhend noun (stroke in racket sports)
Finnish
1 entries- kämmenlyönti noun (stroke in racket sports)
French
1 entries- coup droit noun (stroke in racket sports)
Hungarian
1 entries- tenyeres noun (stroke in racket sports)
Polish
1 entries- forhend noun (stroke in racket sports)
Romanian
1 entries- forehand noun (stroke in racket sports)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- forhend noun (stroke in racket sports)
Swedish
2 entries- forehand noun (stroke in racket sports)
- forehandslag noun (stroke in racket sports)
Sample sentences
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[…]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked
Source: wiktionary
The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host
Source: wiktionary
And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king
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