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BACKHANDER

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back⋅hand⋅er

  [bak-han-der]
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–noun
1. a backhanded slap, punch, stroke, or play.
2. British Slang.
a. a drink served out of turn to a guest as a bottle or decanter is passed around the table during dessert.
b. a bribe.
Origin:
1795–1805; backhand + -er 1
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back·hand   (bāk'hānd')   
n.  

  1. Sports

    1. A stroke or motion, as of a racket, made with the back of the hand facing outward and the arm moving forward.

    2. A pass or shot in hockey made with the back of the blade of the stick.

    3. A catch made in baseball by reaching across the body with the palm turned toward the ball.

  2. Handwriting characterized by letters that slant to the left.

adj.  Made with or using a backhand.
adv.  With a backhanded stroke or motion.
tr.v.   back·hand·ed, back·hand·ing, back·hands Sports
To perform, catch, or hit with a backhand: She backhanded the ball crosscourt.
back'hand'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
backhander

  1. n.
    a backhand slap in the face. : Yes, officer, a perfectly strange woman came up and clobbered me with a backhander that loosened a tooth.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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